Chapter 28


    Like a lone drifter, Isaac stumbled across the old, filthy train yard that dated back to the eighteen


    hundreds. He wasn''t lost, the man was well aware of his current location; it was the simple matter of


    biding his time to meet up with hisst hope in the world.


    As he trekked along the live rails, Isaac couldn''t help but to recollect upon the times when his father


    would take him down to Cypress Underground to watch the trains go by when he was only a child. He


    recalled with fond quietness how much he wanted to hop onto one of the giant steam engines and take


    off down the track that seemingly led to anywhere on earth.


    It was his undying desire to rid himself of not only his demonic affliction, but also the burden of his illicit


    affair, but deep down, there was always that one ''something'' inside of him that constantly reminded


    Isaac that it would be virtually impossible.


    Watching Karyn speed away in her green Monte Carlo two days earlier left him with the emptiest


    feeling. He knew that he would possibly nevery eyes on her again.


    Isaac was nearing Lake Logan. The icy chill in the air was bing increasingly harsher as snow


    flurries blew past his face at wild speeds. He carefully stepped over a track where a huge ck Conrail


    engine was slowly towing itself down towards his direction until he met face to face with the mighty


    body of water ahead. Isaac stood at the pier. Every so often he would catch a sudden glimpse of déjà


    vu the longer he remained still, as if it hadn''t been so long since he had visited the same sight.


    He watched with bleary eyes as the choppy, foam riddled waves jostled up and down. Isaac stepped


    aside to allow the seagulls to gather the remains of a partially eaten fish that was lying frozen on the


    pier next to him.


    The very first and only time in his life Isaac ever contemted the notion of suicide was when his father


    took him to Asndview. But at that moment, he was all alone. There were no orderlies or


    compassionate speaking doctors to monitor his every movement.


    He recalled the look ofplete shock in Lyte''s eyes as she stood and watched him hold Isaiah in


    his arms earlier in the day. What she thought he was doing would be just as hard to exin as what


    was dwelling inside of him.


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    He closed his eyes and allowed the fierce February wind to push his body back and forth. Isaac was


    only five steps away from the edge of the rickety pier. The closer he inched forward, the more he could


    feel the animal inside of him w about. It was such a nauseating sensation, much like a rat scraping


    its way out of a burning building.


    "Hey...hey, you," a heavy male voice hollered from behind. "Hey, get away from there! That area is


    closed!"


    Isaac abruptly opened his dreary eyes and turned around to see a ck figure running towards him


    from out of the snowy distance, waving his arms as if he werending an airne. The young man


    stepped back from the edge and began to walk away.


    "Didn''t you see that sign there, man?" A heavyset ck man with a full beard panted as he caught up


    to Isaac.


    Isaac stopped walking long enough to notice an orange sign to his immediate right that read


    BOARDWALK CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.


    Nonchntly shaking his head, Isaac wearily uttered, "No...I didn''t see that."


    "Had you stayed out there any longer, the damn thing would''ve copsed, with you on it!" The man said


    out loud.


    Isaac never bothered to reply to the gentleman; he instead stuffed his frozen hands into his coat


    pockets and walked away, not looking back once.