Chapter Twenty-One – 17 years 2 months before the collapse
Jim and Annabel seldom left the property, only if they needed to go into the village to shop. The stories of those with foreign heritage being beaten on the streets were on the rise and they didn’t want to risk it, even in a quiet village like theirs.
They weren’t afraid of the villagers; they had never been hostile to Annabel and Jim, but there were many stories of gangs of zealots roaming the country, purging communities of foreign scum. There had been many cases of those with foreign heritage having their windows broken.. Posters had appeared on walls: ‘Those who buy from foreigners are traitors to the unity of the nation.’
Many shop windows displayed the story of a foreigner they had found with many false names and addresses
