Jim was working at his desk when he heard a knock at the door. He opened it to find a police officer standing there.
“Jim Smith?” the police officer inquired.
“Yes?”
“I have a few questions to ask you. Do you mind if I come in?”
“What’s all this about?” Jim asked, gesticulating for the officer to take a seat.
“Standard enquiries. Do you have your birth certificate?”
“My birth certificate?”
“I just need to check your heritage. When were you naturalised?”
“Naturalised? Look here, I was born in the US, but I’m a British citizen, my father was British, I grew up in Britain,” Jim snapped. “I’m fed up to the back teeth with this persecution of ‘foreigners’.”
Then Jim fell silent, realising what he had just said and wondering how the police officer might react. She sighed and leaned back
