Chapter 29 Cindy’s memory It had been a very long month in Garendale but it had now come to an end. In most towns, the end of the month was usually a long awaited time but in Garendale, it was a dreaded time. This was the time for people to pay their overbearing taxes to the government. The poor hated the end month but expectedly, it was a time for the rich to celebrate as their pockets only got fuller. Dozens of police officers were dispatched to the poorer side of town to arrest anybody who showed resistance and delay in paying the taxes. You would think that by now everyone would have already gotten used to how things worked but no, this was not something that anyone could ever get used to. In the past couple of months, some girls had already

