know where I was supposed to be'. Bunking off school and nicking cars because the human race is coming to an end-that's a different league.'
The first officer looked up and scanned the clear sky.
'Do you think we've got enough time to take you down to the station or will it strike before we get there? The other half of the double act smiled.
'Yeah. We don't want to arrest you if it's not worth filling in the forms.
On the pavement, an old man sauntered past. He was carrying a sign that read, the end is coming repent your sins.
The officer with the hand-held computer shook her head again.
'Don't say a word. He's been walking up and down here with the same board for ten years. Hasn't Happened yet. He'll probably be at it for the next ten years. Josh stared at them. Either they'd been ordered to deny what was going to happen or they'd been told it wasn't true. Josh knew only that his life was being cut short