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The Hunt Part 1
“How does it feel...”
“Painful”
“How painful...”
“Unbearably”
“When did it start...”
:”Last week”
“Why does it hurt..”
“Because i'm freaking human!”
“Calm down sir..”
“CALM DOWN YOU WANT ME TO FREAKING CALM DOWN”
“Sir what are you doing..”
“You know exactly what i'm doing”
“Put that down sir...”
“You're going to die tonight...”
“What”
“Maybe not here...”
“Huh”
“Or maybe not this week but i will kill you.”
“Guards!”
“Yes”
“Take him away”
...
Life before him Was as close to paradise as we humans can get. But
this man was more than a man he was one of my patients. I’m a therapist
for mental patients and i am going to release these documents for all to
hear. To warn all those here in Maine to watch your back for this madman.
For he is on the loose and is ready to kill anyone in his way. These are the
tapes.
Tape 1, Part 1 “ Hello, Jonathan, can i call you Jon?... Umm well Jon
my name is Daniel and I am your new therapist. You can tell me anything. Tell
me a little about you.” He never answered my questions. This is how they all
start. Why did I pick this job, frankly not even I know that myself. Jon
throughout this just sat there and stared at me. I mean if I was in his
position I guess I wouldn't want to speak either. I’ve been in this business for
ten years now but never have I ever had a client like this one. His name is
Jonathan Schmidt. He was in for going insane we are still trying to figure
out why he went insane, but he won’t speak to anyone. They hired me because
i’ve had many clients like him.
Tape 1, Part 2 “ Hello Jonathan, it’s me again. Hows your day going?
Jon are you going to talk to me? This is the only way we can find out what
really happened.” He just glared at me with a death stare. Many Mental
people use this to say not right now, or that they hate you. I bet he is using
both those feelings in one glare. I kept asking questions. Still no response
to them, but the more I asked the further he put his head down. What was he
hiding. He needed to tell me. I tried to tell him he could trust me. Even
though he really couldn't, the police are going to find out by listening to
the tapes. We sat there for a while i waited for a hand motion another
glare, but there was nothing so i left until the next day.
Tape 1 Part 3 “ Hello Jon today we have to get down to business and
you're going to have to speak up. Now tell me what happened.” He picked his
head up and with a stutter said: “ L...l..lies, s...so man..ny l...l...lies.”
“ Jon who lied? What did they lie about?... Jon what did you mean by
lies?” Not another word came out of his mouth, but it was progress.
Tape 1 Part 4 “Hello Jon, are you ready to tell me about the lies?” I
paused waiting to see if he would respond. He shook his head. “ Jon don't tell
me no, i need the answers to help you. You're not in trouble with the police
you won't go to jail. Just let me know what happened that day. I know you
remember, don't you.” He began to rock back and forth and he whimpered.
Tears began to roll down his cheeks. I walked over to him and told him: “ Jon
it can get better and i'm sure it will if you just tell me what happened.”
“No, No I..I can't, you don't understand i can't. H...he’ll kill me.”
“Who Jon, who’s going to kill you?”
“No, No, no.”
“Jon...”
“NO!”
Tape 1 Part 5 “ Jon, Lets talk about yesterday. What's the persons
name?”
“ Daddy”
“ His name is Daddy? Is he your father? Jon did your father abuse
you.”
“ No, no no no no no no no no no no no no”
“ Then who is he?”
“Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy”
“ Who is Daddy?”
“Daddy Guzman”
“Daddy Guzman, Okay did he hurt you Jon? Is this the man who made
you this way?” He looked at me then looked down almost immediately. Like
someone was behind me i looked to see noone.
“I told too much too much too much” He began to do that rocking
thing again. He was afraid. Afraid of someone. I also took into consideration
that it could have been someone in his head, someone he uses as a code name
for his possible other self. I will know soon.
Tape 1 Part 6 “ Jon we did some research and we found many matches
to the name ‘Daddy Guzman’ Can you point out which one looks like him.” I
pulled out one of a man he had gray hair big square glasses and wrinkles.
The next guy was also an older guy he had black hair and a black mustache.
The last and final guy i pulled out had Black hair, a grey beard and
mustache, and glasses. Jon looked at them laid out on the table not saying a
word. he finally took focus on the last guy. i picked it up and showed him.
“Is this him Jon, Is this Daddy Guzman.” He just stared at it. Scared he
stared at it. I could guess it was him by the way he looked at me.
I researched this Guzman guy for weeks and what i found was
astonishing. He had quite the history of violence. He was known for the
robbery in 1986. He was on the run for the next 5 or so years taking the
risk of robbing 25 different antique shops. Although antique shops are not
too important, it’s the fact of how many he stole from and how much he
stole. As i read more and more about him i was more and more afraid for
Jon. The poor guy knew this man and this is the man who probably put him in
the asylum. I read that he was in jail at this point in time. He was in Maine
State Prison. So i had planned a visit with ‘ Daddy Guzman.’
When I got there I saw a big white building. As i walked in a man
stopped me and asked if I was Mr. Livingston.
“Yes that would be me.”
“Okay sir follow me. He is in this room. I will have to stay in there with
you just in case.”
“Thats fine.”
“Well here we are.” We walked into a small white room. It had one of
those one sided window things so police could see and hear everything. There
he was sitting there staring at the wall. i slowly approached him.
“Hello.” I started. His glance turned to me. He said nothing. “Well I’m
here because of one of my clients. he mentioned you.” I sat down across from
him.
“Jonathan” He whispered.
“Yes thats him.”
End Part 1
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This is part 1 out of 3 of my The Hunt series.