With nothing left to lose, he scanned the QR code.

A basketball rolled to his feet. On it, in faded sharpie, was his dad’s old motto: “The game doesn’t care who you were. It cares who you are right now.”

Kevin shrugged and loaded his last $200—the money he’d set aside for his car repair.

Kevin blinked. He hadn’t given a presentation last month. He’d just fixed the coffee machine and left early.