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?"

a conversation one day back in December, and out of nowhere, he begins to speak what I assumed at first to be a completely different vernacular. I replayed the tape

exactly was

Once again, random gibberish. Just the rants of

"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

but his mind was far from the conversation.

captor, Jeremiah could still see the young man in some sort

overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side to side as though her elevator companion were readying

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 just about every last ounce of lung power he could muster until his nostrils began

The woman nervously glanced back at the young man while gripping her purse that was

nose could no longer breathe in any more fumes, his body unclenched itself. Isaac leaned up against the wall

Just then, the elevator stopped. The very instant the door slid open, like a passing wind, the woman

up against the wall while a crass grin blessed his swollen face. Realizing that he had arrived at his floor, the young man nonchalantly limped out into the quiet warmness of

the speakers above his head as he walked on. Cream colored, block-like arrows pointing people in the right direction lined

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

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked, hanging

smile while dropping himself onto

beside Isaac, took off his glasses, and with outstretched hands asked, "Isaac...are

Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've just been

understatement, my friend." Jeremiah exclaimed while examining Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly

talk to." Isaac lethargically replied, sounding as though he were ready to fall right asleep. "I've been

"Well," Levin briefly sighed while glancing at the clock above his head, "I have an appointment with a patient in about twenty minutes or so, but I guess you and I can

out a hearty, hapless belly laugh before saying, "Man, everyone has been asking me that same question since yesterday. Truth is, I can hardly remember anything that

was the last thing you remember? The news keeps saying that you were seen over in Cuyahoga

up from off the couch and began to pace the floor in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling

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

you?" Jeremiah shrugged with strange

pointed to himself. "Just this morning, I saw how she was made, and I needed to find her

take it you're referring to your so

the doctor a strange

there's no such thing as that. It's

hands back into his coat pockets. He then closed his eyes, inhaled the fresh new carpet smell of the office and

"You mean back at

"No...back

"Oh...I see."

Jeremiah's body settling into the leather couch. The very moment the man stopped moving, Isaac opened his

"Me and Lynn were arguing Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got pissed and went over to Karyn's

"Who's

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 went over to her place, we did it, and

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