Tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart?

He opens and closes his hand over and over, until his knuckles ache, until his heart calms in his chest. He looks up to find that they're still here, the three of them. His family.

"Go away." He spits. Romero won't set bail, Norman knows, but that doesn't make anything easier. That doesn't make him less antagonistic toward these people in front of him.

"Norman, please." Norma begs him with a shaky voice, her hand clenched around Dylan's and around Norman's sitting in a tight fist on the table top. Emma's beside them, watching him warily, still clearly not believing the situation.

Norman glances at her. "What are you doing here, Emma?"

"I wanted to be here for you." She says matter-of-fact.

Norman shakes his head. "That's nice…you still think I didn't do it?"

"You didn't."

His orange jumpsuit is claustrophobic and he shifts uncomfortably in his seat, shaking Norma's grip away in the process. "I did it, Emma, okay? I did it. Now, can the three of you please go away?"

Dylan's eyes drill a hole into Norman's stern gaze. "We're your family, Norman. We're gonna be here for you whether you want us here or not."

He hates that they're seeing him like this, at his absolute lowest. He's scum and none of them should want to have anything to do with him. "Please leave." He says quietly. "I can't bear the three of you seeing me like this."

Norma stands up and circles the table. She's watching him closely, like he's a bomb about to explode. A landmine she can't step too close to. "I love you, honey, and I will get you out of here. I swear. I don't care what I have to do."

He's unsteady on his feet but he goes to her anyway. For a long moment, he does nothing but hold her stare. Then, he bends down and pulls her into him.

"Don't even bother." It's final. It's definite. It's all he wants. He deserves this. "Please, Mother, just leave it alone. I deserve whatever happens. Trust me, I do."

"No, you don't. You don't." She smiles warmly at him. "I'm gonna save you from this, Norman. I promise."

He shuts his eyes tight and laughs. "Don't you understand? You can't."

Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life…