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?"

sounded confident. "I too was taken aback at first. He and I were having a conversation one day back in December, and out of nowhere, he begins to speak what I assumed at first to be

exactly was he

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

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 be seeing Isaac

his mind was far from the conversation. Even

still see the young man in

elevator and watched with hungry, scurvy eyes as the overweight, young white woman in front of him squirmed from side to side as though her elevator companion were readying himself for an all-out assault upon

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

the young man while gripping her purse that was wrapped around

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

a passing wind, the woman sailed out and

wall while a crass grin blessed his swollen face. Realizing that he had arrived at his floor, the young man

'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

arrived at the correct locale, Isaac pushed open the door and noticed right away Doctor

"Isaac?" Jeremiah choked,

"How you doin', man," Isaac cracked a lazy smile while dropping himself onto the leather couch as

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

Without looking in Levin's direction, Isaac said, "Yeah, man. I've just been

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

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

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

"Man, everyone has been asking me that same question since yesterday.

last thing you remember? The news keeps saying

from off the couch and began to pace the floor in front of the doctor. There was so much rambling chaos cluttering his brain that pulling out

to see someone up there. Someone very important," Isaac carried on.

"Made you?" Jeremiah shrugged

"Yeah...made me into this," Isaac pointed to himself. "Just this morning, I saw how

"I take it you're referring to your so

incessant pacing to give the doctor

got to understand, there's no such thing as that. It's nothing more

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

"You mean back at

"Oh...I see." Jeremiah softly

into the leather couch.

Thanksgiving afternoon. So I got pissed and went over to

October." Isaac steadily explained. "So anyways, I went over to her

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