65. The first sign

Joss looks at Spyker. “Stop here! There is the butchery. Meat is our priority.”

Leo speaks from the back seat: “Where are all the people? The place gives me the creeps. Look, all the cars are neatly parked but I haven’t seen a soul all the way down the main street.”

Recce also thinks it is strange: “Where are all the gangs of man-eating monsters of whom the helicopter team had spoken? According to them from the roof of this building they had been all over the streets. These shops all look locked up and I don’t even see a broken window. It just doesn’t make sense!”