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?"

he begins to speak what I assumed at first to be a completely different vernacular. I replayed the tape recorder over again during our discussion when it suddenly

"And just what exactly was he saying?

train ride. Once again, random gibberish. Just the rants of a person who

that was lying on his desk in front of him. "Well, as I

Jeremiah kept on speaking with Sanyupta. His lips were moving, but his mind was far from

Somehow, even with the knowledge that Isaac was free from his captor, Jeremiah could still see the young man

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

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

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

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

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

Realizing that he had arrived at his floor, the young

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

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

"Isaac?" Jeremiah

cracked a lazy smile while dropping himself onto the leather couch as if he owned

of complete disorientation, sat himself down beside Isaac, took off his glasses, and

in Levin's direction, Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've just

Isaac's face. "Isaac...I honestly don't know what to say. I...I can't believe you're here.

replied, sounding as though he

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 talk until then. I just have to ask, how were you able to escape that kidnapper? It's all

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

keeps saying that you were seen over in Cuyahoga Falls. What were you doing

the floor in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that pulling out one thought seemed

up there. Someone very important," Isaac carried on. "I had

"Made you?" Jeremiah shrugged

"Yeah...made me into this," Isaac pointed to himself. "Just this morning, I saw how she was made, and I needed to find her so she could

"I take it you're referring to your so called

incessant pacing to give the doctor a strange scowl, as if the word were completely

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

the window and planted his hands 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

"You mean

"Oh...I see."

All Isaac could hear was Jeremiah's body settling into the leather couch. The very moment the man stopped moving, Isaac opened

Lynn were arguing Thanksgiving afternoon.

"Who's

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 then she suggests that we go over to some guys'

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