The Beast of 1977 (Book 1)

Chapter 27

"I need to speak with Doctor Sanyupta, please! Doctor Benjamin Sanyupta!" Jeremiah intently shouted over the phone to the operator.

With a clutter of papers in both hands and his eyes firmly locked on the clock above the door, Jeremiah anxiously awaited the doctor's speedy response.

"Uh, yes, good morning," he jittered, dropping his papers flat on the floor beneath his feet. "Or should I say, good evening, Doctor? Sorry to disturb you. I was just calling to fill you in on a couple of patients that require some much needed attention."

"I see. What can I assist you with, Doctor?" Sanyupta replied, sounding as if he had just awoke from sleeping.

"Well, first I wanted to discuss Isaac Mercer. You won't believe this, but, Isaac was kidnapped two days ago."

First, there was a long gasp, then Sanyupta appallingly uttered, "Oh my."

"Don't worry, I believe he is fine. According to reports, somehow he managed to elude his captor. Apparently he was abducted by the B.O.D. kidnapper."

"I'm sorry, the who?"

"The Broad Open Daylight kidnapper," Levin sighed while rolling his eyes. "I apologize for the acronym usage."

"Ahh, I understand. Tell me, how was Isaac able to gain his freedom from this individual?"

"It's still unknown at this time. But, the kidnapper was found murdered inside the same home where he took and murdered his own victims."

"Murdered? By whom," Sanyupta inhaled.

"More like a what," Jeremiah said. "The police say than an animal, a very large animal, killed this man, along with six others up along the Cuyahoga Valley."

"And Isaac was able to escape unharmed?"

"That's correct. I would love to know just how he was able to do so."

"Wait a minute, just what was Isaac doing up in Cuyahoga Falls?"

"I'm not quite sure, sir."

"Are you seeing him again this month?"

"As a matter of fact, he has an appointment on the 28th. But I wanted to bring that incident to your attention, as well as a curiosity. I saw Isaac last week, and I was not aware that he was bilingual."

"Ahh," Sanyupta chuckled, "I see you have come across that phenomenon as well. I am afraid that Isaac does not speak another language, rather, he is speaking backwards."

Jeremiah's mouth grew dry at that second, trying to find the words to explain his sudden confusion.

"Backwards, you say?"

nowhere, he begins to speak

was

train ride. Once again, random gibberish. Just the

"I see." Jeremiah slowly spoke as he scribbled down words on a sheet of paper that was lying on his desk in front of him. "Well, as I mentioned, I will

his mind was far from the conversation. Even when the subject switched from Isaac and to another issue, the man's thoughts remained

from his captor, Jeremiah could still see the young man in some sort of distress; an agony

in the back corner of the elevator and watched with hungry, scurvy eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side to side as though

Isaac scratched his unshaven face up and down as if his own skin were on fire. In his eyes there was really nothing attractive about the woman. He wasn't interested in looks, just smells. He inhaled her strong perfume with

woman nervously glanced back at the young man while gripping her

more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned up against the wall and stuffed his cold hands into

then, the elevator stopped. The very instant the door slid open, like a passing wind, the woman sailed out and into the hallway

up against the wall while a crass grin blessed his swollen face. Realizing that he had arrived at his

'Moonlight in Vermont' was playing in the speakers above his head as he walked on. Cream colored, block-like arrows pointing people in the right direction lined the walls that young Mercer passed by as

up to see if he had arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right away Doctor Levin

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked, hanging

man," Isaac cracked a lazy smile while dropping himself onto

Levin, with a face of complete disorientation, sat himself down beside Isaac, took off his glasses, and with outstretched hands asked, "Isaac...are

direction, Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've

friend." Jeremiah exclaimed while examining Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly don't know what to say. I...I

the bus all the way out here, man. I just needed someone to talk to." Isaac lethargically replied, sounding as though he were ready to fall right asleep. "I've been freebasing coffee ever since this morning. I don't wanna

minutes or so, but I guess you and I can talk until then. I just have to

belly laugh before saying, "Man, everyone has been asking me that same question since yesterday. Truth is,

keeps saying that you were seen over in

in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that

very important," Isaac carried on. "I had to see the woman that made

"Made you?" Jeremiah shrugged

how she was made, and I needed

"I take it

pacing to give the doctor a strange scowl, as

"Isaac, you've got to understand, there's no

back into his coat pockets. He then closed his eyes, inhaled the fresh new carpet smell of the office and said, "I think I'm ready to tell you what happened back at

"You mean back at

"Oh...I

into the leather couch. The very moment the man stopped

were arguing Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got pissed and

"Who's

"Some broad I met back at the garage where I was working. She and I had been messing around since October." Isaac steadily explained. "So anyways, I

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