December

The town was bustling about with vibrant Christmas colors and Christmas decorations, green and red colors were in as they painted many corners and shops, cars were driving through the Village getting things ready for the Winter Light's Festival. There stands being put up, food trucks setting up in their appropriate designations, and builders putting up the sets and fixing the lights for the night.

Through the Village strolled a 1960's vintage green Mercedes with a beautiful woman behind the steering wheel, she held a red head scarf that hung loosely as her blond curls broke through and rested on her blushed cheeks, she wore a dark blue wool coat adorned with golden buttons and belt to tie together in the front, she wore dark pants with boots with short heel.

She turned her wheel to the left as she turned back around realizing the road was cut off ahead and that she would have to walk to get to the market. She pulled up a few streets over and parked in front of some houses before getting off her car and locking it behind her, she adjusted the strap of her purse over her shoulder and walked down the street. The snow had stopped at least for now, there were chances of it picking up, she looked up into the sky as the gleamed not as brightly but bright enough when it would tear through the clouds to bring warmth to the land. She smiled as she walked down the side walk, passing the houses, she looked around at other people with children who seemed excited and in a rush to get something underway. She assumed it was Christmas seeing as it was on Sunday.

She herself was making a quick stop to get a few things for the Christmas Dinner she would prepare for her and her sons. It was a first that she would spend with the both of them especially with everything that's happened since they moved to White Pine Bay and even before. She thought on her son, Dylan, he was always so distant from her, but now he was coming around and she felt as if their relationship was better than ever. It put her mind at ease to know her eldest son was there for her in case anything would happen.

The town was not that large, outside of the Village were houses that had been there for years, they all held unique touches to them to prove their origin. She found them all cute to look at as she hadn't walked outside of the Village before and seeing the houses reminded her of the dream she used have when she was a little girl of living a beautiful white house with flowers and a garden, she would vintage furniture and beautiful curtains and friends and family who would just fill the house with cheer. A happy life.

She made it into the Village after 2 more blocks of houses she strolled by, she even stopped to stare at some, but she made it into the Village and noticed everyone in the street going about setting up some type of set. Festival? She wasn't all that informed on the towns festivities seeing as the other owners had distance themselves from her due to the murders and rumors hanging over her which she was annoyed by, but didn't let her bother her. She was sophisticated woman, a single mom who was running a business with her son, she wasn't going to let some paranoid townspeople talk get the best of her. She passed by a pregnant woman who walked passed her with her husband, as she rounded to the side and entered the supermarket opening the glass doors.

'That's right, I should go have a checkup.' She thought to herself after walking into the supermarket and grabbing a cart, she pushed it forward as she walked down several aisles picking what needed to be selected. She rolled up to the checkout counter after about 30 minutes of debating and staring hard at the prices of certain meats and items.

"Hey, is there some kind of festival happening?" She asked the young cashier who looked at her a bit taken aback.

"You don't know? It's the Winter Lights Festival, we have it every year on Christmas Eve." The young cashier said with a tone that made the woman feel like an idiot and she squinted her eyes at the cashier when they looked down at the item and ringed them through.

"I just moved her about two years ago, I live outside of town by the main road, we don't get much news out there until way later or never." Norma said with an attitude as the young cashier just seemed to shrug and the woman turned her head away from the teen and outside to the people working.

"That'll be $103. 76." The cashier said snapping the woman from her gazing and she took out her debit card, she handed to the cashier.

"Norma Bates." The cashier read it out loud and several customers around her looked in her direction and she felt put off.

"You're the owner of the BATES MOTEL." The young cashier said sliding the card through and punching several buttons in the box beside her.

"Well, Mrs. Bates, the Winter Light's Festival starts at around 8:30 p.m. if you want to see it." The cashier said handing her back her card and Norma just stared at the teen, most of the people in town were rude to her, but the teen was the nicest person and she felt herself get emotional.

"Thank you. I will." Norma said with a genuine smile as she placed her bags in her cart and walked away from the teen with a brand-new sense of purpose. She had tried many things to get involved in the town which all backfired on her so she had decided to just lay low and not draw any more attention to herself.

"Norma." She heard someone call her as she was walking back to her car carrying the pug theme tote bags with her groceries inside, she turned around to see Alex in his uniform. He had on his leather jacket and his cheeks were a bit rosy from the cold air. He approached her as she greeted him with a white smile.

"You need some help?" He said reaching to grab one of the themed tote bags, he grabbed one that read Eco and Environment, she handed two to him and held the other two in her left hand,

"Sure."

"Last minute, shopping or what?" He asked her as they casually walked back to her car, they strolled by the houses with many Christmas lights adorning them and figurines on the outside.

"You could say that, Christmas dinner for me and my sons." Norma said looking to Alex.

"Your brother left already?" Alex questioned as Norma's mood seemed to drop slightly from happy to uncertain as she made a click of her tongue.

"I don't know. After Thanksgiving, he just left that night, I thought he would stay the night, but I guess he didn't." Norma said looking ahead of her avoiding Alex's gaze, he had found Dylan and Caleb mid quarrel and found out the truth of why Norma and Caleb didn't talk to eachother. He had felt sick that night when he'd found that out, sick in not a way he wanted to throw up, but a way that Alex hadn't felt before since when he was a Marine and gone off to war. He remembered going through a small town and following his squad through a house that had been bombed and they'd found corpse and amongst them was a young child that was bloody and had been desecrated due to the explosion that had fallen on the brick house. He remembered feeling apart of him die out in that country and he lost something he would never be able to regain. He'd heard of cases like Caleb working as the Sheriff, but to hear it from a person you personally know and to find out that the woman that you know to be fiery and full of power had been living in fear from the acts inflicted on her years ago.

"That's unfortunate." Alex said a bit too harsh and she turned to him at the sound of his tone and he looked at the house they passed which was decorated with the Night Before Christmas themes.

"Do you know about the Winter Light's Festival?" She asked him as they walked side by side approaching her car, she'd popped the trunk as he placed the bags inside.

"I'm the Sheriff, I know everything." He joked with a sly smile and she chuckled.

"No, um, we have it every year on Christmas Eve, this Saturday. The town sets a bunch of stands that sell eggnog and celebratory food. We have games, music, and dancing. The lights are spectacular at night, they may look kind of strange right now, but once they finish it comes together." Alex said as Norma leaned on her car listening to his description of the Festival and she was debating of whether to go or not because her and Norman still needed to go and pick a Christmas tree, Dylan had joked about make a Weed Tree and putting a star on top of it and lighting it up.

"Will there be funnel cake?" She asked with a curious smile as he chuckled and shifted on his right leg with his hands buried in his pockets from the chilly air. The sun was hiding behind the clouds and the air picked up.

"Yes, they serve the best funnel cake, but you have to come early or it'll be gone." He said bumping her in the arm softly.

"I think I'll come, it'll be a change." She said as she put a hand on her hip and grimaced at a slight pelvic cramp she felt. She ignored it and watched as Alex was turning away from her with a shy smile, she noticed he did that when he didn't want to tell her something. He would get shy and turn away from her.

"I'll see you there then." He said as his speaker over his chest went off and he rolled his eyes as she laughed.

Norman sat in the motel working when his phone rang and he looked from the computer and answered his phone.

"Hello, Norman?" A British man spoke on the other line and Norman felt himself become slightly giddy, but he remained calm.

"Yes, this is he."

"Hello, Norman Bates, this is Philip Fenton, I just wanted to call you regarding your admission to Cambridge University, I wanted to let you know that you've been selected for the scholarship to study at are school." The British man congratulated him very politely unlike what he'd heard in American Movies of being accepted into Harvard. He stood quiet before regaining his composure.

"Thank you, I am very grateful that you have given me this wonderful opportunity to study under your school curriculum system and to be given the chance to study in England. It's culturally enriching." He thanked the Philip over the phone as the man discussed with him about how the whole process would work and when he would be expected to arrive and such. Norman had been saving up from working the Silverstein's Pet Supply Store and he'd even opened his own bank account thanks to Dylan. He hadn't told anyone he'd applied to Cambridge University because after he'd graduated from high school, he hadn't held any real plan of the future, but came around to a scholarship being offered from England to study Language and Culture.

He went to the backroom where papers were being printed that Philip had sent to him as instructions and other important stuff to read. He stacked them together and ordered them with color pins, he noticed Emma approaching with her orange 60's Volkswagen buggy.

"Hey, Norman." She greeted him as she walked in with her O2 tank and large scarf and layers, the cold was a tough time with someone of her condition and this winter would be very cold, but she'd received news of her name being moved up the list for a new set of lungs.

"Hey, Emma, have you heard anything back from the hospital?" Norman asked as he remembered Emma mentioning to him about her name being moved up the list and the possibility of getting a phone call to schedule the date for a lung transplant.

"Not, yet, but I'm just being hopeful." Emma replied as she sat down in the back room and opened the computer and typed away.

"Have you decided what school to go to?" He heard Emma ask and his pupils dilated, he hadn't told anyone about the scholarship he'd applied for and attained, but Emma was his friend and her father was actually from there and Norman had learned a lot from Emma's father. He turned to face her and walked into the back room and stood in front of the desk.

"I got accepted to study at Cambridge University in England." He said feeling as is a huge weight had been lifted of him and he awaited Emma's reply, but she looked lost for words.

"That's great! Norman. Oh, My God!" She said standing up and going around the desk to hug him as he hugged her back.

"Why didn't you say anything?" She asked him as he shrugged.

"I don't know. I just didn't want my mother finding out, not yet anyway. Were very close and I feel that it's time I go and be on my own for a while." Norman said as Emma pulled from him.

"I understand. I'm sure she'll be happy to hear the good news." Emma said seriously, Juno barked in reply as she had been beside Norman on the floor when he'd received the call.

"Even Juno agrees with me." Emma said motioning to the pup on the floor who whined in response when Emma reached down to pet her.

"I guess this is what it feels like to grow up." Emma said with a smile as Norman looked lost in thought before returning the smile and putting his arms up in the air.

"I guess it does." He said laughing.

Dylan was up on the roof putting the lights up with Gunner, they were on the first-floor roof nailing the lights into the wood before setting the Christmas decorations on the porch such as tinsel and bright stars, on the door stood a beautiful wreath and inside the coat area before entering the house stood a mistletoe that Gunner had placed on purpose as a joke.

Norma sat inside peeling potatoes at the kitchen table, the table was full of containers and other cooking materials she was going to use for Christmas, she was preparing the food ahead of time so that all she would have to do is cook it on the day without having to prepare or anything. She threw the peels in the small trash can beside her when she felt some soreness in her chest when turning to throw the peels away, she was reaching a point in the month so she dismissed the anomaly.

"Hey, mom, do you what do you want us to do next?" Dylan said breathing heavy as he and Gunner pulled into the kitchen wet and dirty. They brought mud on there boots which irked Norma, she would have to clean it later and she was feeling slightly fatigued from everything she'd been doing already in prepping the food and bring the heavy groceries up the flight of stairs outside.

"Do the Dining Room." She said as she went back to peeling the potatoes and then tossing the peels in the trash can beside her, Dylan and Gunner went about making the table and placing Christmas themed dishes which were white with a golden lining and a wreath design in the center, they placed red ribbons around the table and tying them neatly before adding some white little lights above the door frame of the room, the dining room was naturally dark due to the floor and wall color being a dark cherry color. They tried to bring out the warmth in the Christmas decorations that Norma had given them, they'd finished the short roof, there was no way they could stretch all around the house.

"Hey Dylan, I'm going to go to that Winter Light's Festival. Do you want to go?" She asked trying to invite him when he and Gunner had finished the Dining Room and were taking a break. He was sitting at the kitchen table drinking a glass of water as he tried to cool down and his shirt was covered in sweat.

"Actually, I have a date." He said and Norma stopped her peeling and set the instrument down and the potato and looked at Dylan with a huge smile.

"No, who is it?" She said with a smile as Dylan chuckled and looked away downing his water.

"Is it Emma?" She asked and he set the glass down.

"Yeah, it is. I asked her." He said as his mother just looked so happy at the announcement of his relationship with the girl who had become a part of their family. Norma had always saw her as the daughter she never had, she adored and loved Emma dearly.

"How did it happen? I want details." Norma asked with curious eyes and he looked down laughing.

"Mom." He blushed shyly as he arose and cleaned his cup before setting it away.

"It just sort of happened. I don't know how, but we just noticed eachother." He said with a love-struck smile as Norma cooed and he swatted his hand at her and went outside.

Norma was taking a nap on the couch as she had started to feel the fatigue from preparing so much food on her own for Christmas that was on Sunday and then also cleaning the house from when Dylan and Gunner tracked in mud and stunk the place up with sweat. It was chilly outside too and she had to open a few windows to get the smell to go away.

She felt so peaceful on the couch, it felt as if she had layed on clouds, she had been asleep for a good 2 hours before her phone started ringing and she whipped awake. There was drool on the side of her mouth and a huge wet mark on the small pillow she was resting her head on, she wiped her mouth and looked to the wooden coffee table where her phone vibrated and rang at the same time.

"Hello?" She said groggily as she hadn't read the number of the caller, she was rubbing her eyes awake and let out a silent yawn.

"Hello, Norma?" A woman's voice said curiously as Norma nodded.

"Yes, this is she."

"Hi, it's me Annika." Annika greeted as Norma quickly woke up from her daze and stood up straight sitting on the couch and Dylan flinched as he saw his mom quickly shoot up, he was going to wake her up since she said to wake her up in an hour, but he'd forgotten.

"Annika, hey, listen I wanted to ask you about the Room 11, incident?" Norma said nervously as she Dylan standing there, she swiped her hand for him to go away and he put his hands up in defense before retreating upstairs where he was getting ready for a bath after he and Gunner had finished putting up the decorations around the motel and patching up the wall to a certain degree before calling it a day; Gunner had gone back home.

"I can talk to you about it, but I can't do it over the phone. We have to meet in person." She said and Norma looked a bit confused.

"Why?"

"I'm not in an area where I can talk about this, listen I can meet you in a couple of weeks when I'm back in White Pine Bay." Annika said with a serious tone in her voice which scared Norma as she looked concerned.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes I am. I'll see you in a couple of weeks, but Norma stay away from town." Annika said as she disconnected leaving Norma confused and concerned. She looked at the phone before putting it back on the table.

"Hey, mother, is it true were going to the Winter Light's Festival?" Norman said walking into the house from the OFFICE, he had rosy cheeks as he shut the door behind him and Norma layed her head back on the pillow.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Yeah were going, go start getting ready we'll be leaving in an hour." Norma said as she shifted and arose from the couch going upstairs with Norman behind her.

"Dylan!" She shouted slamming her fist on the bathroom door.

"What?" He shouted back in question.

"Why did you not wake me up sooner, it's dark outside already." She whined as Dylan rolled his eyes and got out of the bathtub from where he'd been relaxing.

"I forgot, Norma."

She hit the door one last time before going to her room and picking out an outfit to where for the night in town. Norman was in his room sitting on his bed.

"Aren't things a bit strange?" He heard his mother say, he turned to her from where she sat beside him, he had his clothes in his lap that he would put on.

"No, just you." Norman said as he was unbuttoning his shirt when his mother put a hand on his arm stopping him in his movements.

"There's something strange happening Norman." She said as his mother looked down to her lap. Norman undid his belt.

"Your growing Norman. Soon, you won't need me anymore…" He heard his mother say, he set his belt down and turned to her.

"You know?" He asked her.

"I'm apart of you, you didn't think you could keep it from me, did you?" She said with a sly smile and he pulled down his pants and quickly put on his dress pants.

"I was going to tell you. At the right time." He said as he pulled on his white undershirt and pulled on his yellow dress shirt which his mother buttoned for him.

"Your keeping secrets from me and I'm keeping secrets from you." She said as she buttoned up his shirt and he stared down at her confused.

"Sometimes it's good to because there is a time when you can tell the truth or that the truth may be too frightening to hear so it's better to not know." He told his mom.

"All philosophical on me, is that what the Brits have been teaching you?" She joked which he lifted an eyebrow at.

"It's just something I've learned recently after everything that's happened to us. Sometimes it's better off not knowing." Norman said as his mom tied his black tie around him and his brother walked in the room.

"You good, Norman?" Dylan had heard his brother talking and he walked in to find Norman tying his tie and talking to himself.

"I was just talking to mother about how sometimes it's good to lie." Norman said finishing up his tie and straightening out his dress jacket. Dylan handed him a large red and yellow scarf.

"What's this?" Norman asked looking at the scarf.

"It's an early Christmas present." Dylan said with a smile handing the familiar scarf to Norman who held it in his hands examining it.

"Is this from the Harry Potter movies?" Norman questioned as he gave Dylan a certain look as if he were offended.

"Well, yeah, you know with your sudden interest in England. I thought I'd give you something "English"."

"Dylan, this is not anywhere near what "English" is about, but thank you. The thought is what matters." Norman said wrapping it around his neck.

"I think I would be in Slytherin though." Norman said as Dylan laughed.

"Are you boys ready, yet?" Norma shouted from the other room as she came stomping down the hall way wearing a grey coat with cloudy hat that puffed upward. She looked very beautiful even though she felt kind of tired from her long nap.

"What are you wearing around your neck, Norman?" Norma questioned him swaying her hand in question with slight disgust on her face.

"Dylan's love for me, apparently." He said flinging the scarf upward before it fell back down on his dress jacket. She looked to Dylan with her eyebrows raised in shock, he'd never gotten Norman a gift before.

The town was beautifully lit, there were bright white lights that resembled that of snowflakes, there were beautiful decorative trees, there were people bustling about as holiday music was being played and children laughing as they ran after eachother and played games.

Alex stood in nice blue suit as he went for the image, he didn't care much for parties, he was quiet man who minded his own business, but as Sheriff it was important for him to gain the trust of the townspeople and indeed they adored Alex. He was talking with a couple who were discussing his re-election and how the new bypass was a neat feat to have because it brought many new stores they'd have to drive hours to Portland to purchase certain items. He agreed, but he knew a certain person would definitely not agree and he saw that person strolling to him with a white umbrella with white lights around it.

"Excuse me." He said to the couple as he watched her walk and look at all of the stands and her curious smile at each little thing she found amazing. She glowed with beauty and he approached her, but then he saw someone behind her who had red familiar hair.

"Norma." Rebecca greeted Norma a bit in shock when she'd seen the blonde walking down the street in such a beautiful coat. It was like seeing a ghost and she felt her heart race as she couldn't believe her eyes. She immediately went to her and reached out desperately to see if it was the woman who she thought to be dead.

"Rebecca." Norma said as Rebecca held onto her arm, her eyes were wide as she was surprised to see her after not hearing back from her that night they'd gone to that party and she'd left her there with some strange man. Rebecca wanted her dead, she'd found that out from Alex, but she didn't understand why?

"Norma, there you are. I've been looking for you. Excuse us." Alex said as he quickened his pace and pulled Norma softly towards him and she followed staring at Rebecca with concern before looking back to Alex a bit confused. Rebecca hadn't noticed Alex until now when he'd suddenly appeared and pulled Norma away from her and walked away quickly. George had told her to stay away from him as to not raise suspicion of their involvement in the murder, but now she had to tell George that they'd murdered the wrong person and Norma Bates was still alive.

She looked around holding her cinnamon whisky and went down an alley far from anyone and took out her cellphone and quickly dialed a number. It rang and rang before a man answered a bit annoyed.

"What do you want? I'm having dinner with my family."

"George, she's alive. Norma. I don't know how." She said in a panicky voice as the man on the other side stood still with the phone pressed to his ear, a cold sweat ran down his neck.

"What?"

"I don't know how, but whoever they found in the tidal flats wasn't her, she's alive." Rebecca said as she put a hand to her head in worry and paranoia as she looked around for any passersby.

"Who did you throw off the cliff?" Rebecca asked him as he paced back and forth in the modern bathroom he was in.

"I went to Room 13 where I'd left her, it was far away from any others. No one would have seen me go in or out." He said as he scratched his neck nervously.

"Well she must have walked out." Rebecca sniped at him as he let out a yell of frustration and hit the wall.

"Dammit!"

"Listen, we have some dirt on Alex, were just trying to formulate all of it to make sure he stays locked up for a long time. Forget Norma, it's Alex you're after." He said into the phone after a long silence between them.

"What if something happens? What if they find out?" Rebecca said paranoid as she began to breathe faster blowing out cold air.

"If something happens to me, I have all the information to lock Alex away on a computer chip in my house, it's in my garage in an antique box I got from China." He said seriously as she listened to him and nodded quickly.

"Get to it before he is even able to do anything." George said before hanging up and rejoining his family with a bright white smile and Rebecca stood with watery eyes as she was fearful of being caught.

Down in the festival stood Norma and Alex dancing on the dance floor with other couples and lights that flashed around slowly with a jazz song playing.

"What was that about?" Norma asked after a long silence and getting far away from Rebecca, Alex held Norma's right hand as they danced slowly.

"A person who just seen a ghost." Alex said.

"Ghost?" Norma questioned.

"I don't know yet, but how are you enjoying the festival?" Alex said as he didn't see any reason in talking about Rebecca seeing as he didn't want to scare her in this moment that she stood before him glowing with her beautiful golden curls. She looked at his lips before meeting his auburn eyes and smiling.

"I am now." She said jokingly.

When a man loves a woman~

Alex stared at her longingly and she looked down at lips before meeting his eyes once again and she chuckled.

"What?" She questioned.

"Do you remember when we first met?" He asked her as they swayed to Percy Sledge and Norma laughed.

"Yeah, I remember, my heart stopped." She said jokingly. "I thought you were going to arrest me." She added as he chuckled and looked down to his feet as his cheeks went flushed.

"Isn't it crazy how things have come full circle?" He said and she looked at him in question.

"I don't know if I'd say that, but in this moment, it does feel that there aren't any problems in the world." She said smiling once more and giving Alex a kiss on the cheek and he shut his eyes at the feel of her lips against the side of his face.

When a man loves a woman~
Deep down in his soul~

Rebecca walked back into the crowd and found Norma and Alex dancing lovingly and she felt sick with jealously. A tear slid down her face.

She can bring him such misery~
If she is playing him for a fool~
He's the last one to know~
Loving eyes can never see~

Rebecca decided that it would bring her great joy to bring Alex down and then finish the job herself with Norma. She was running out of patience every second she stood there watching them dance happily and laugh.

Norman sat down eating a gingerbread cookie, he had lost his mom in the crowd when she'd mentioned going to get some funnel cake, but he thought on the school he would be attending. He was honestly excited, he had never been a person to think about life other than revolving around his mom, but after spending a lot more time with Dylan he'd began to see life in a whole new perspective.

He saw Dylan and Emma chatting and laughing at eachother on their cute little date, Emma was dressed in a cute red coat and Dylan had on his usual leather jacket with a nice scarf which he guessed Emma gave him. He smiled watching his brother decided to get up and go play one of the games for prizes, he entered a raffle and won a prize, nothing big, but it made him happy.

The night was filled with laughter as people were brought together on the Eve of Christmas and they enjoyed the night until the lights went off and people returned home to their warm beds awaiting the morning of Christmas Day where everyone would run down to open there presents and eat Christmas Dinner.

Norma dreamt of her sons running downstairs to the tree that they'd picked out that week and set up with many decoration and little pictures of each of them on it, they had stockings on the fire place with each of their names embroidered on them, and she could see their faces full of happiness and just the day being filled with love and comfort. She saw the visually as little boys, there were grown men, but she saw them as her little boys with rosy cheeks and big curious eyes. She could see dirt on Dylan's cheek since he was always such a tough kid from the beginning and she could see Norman with rosy cheeks as he scanned the room and his dimples formed as he would smile at all the presents while running behind Dylan.

"Hey Alex." Alex heard his phone ring Christmas morning and he'd answer it to Bob's voice which was a surprise as he hadn't heard back from him since the party last month in November.

"Bob, what a surprise." He said shifting into a seated position on the bed as he looked to his clock and then reached for his watch.

"Surprise indeed. A Christmas present for a Sheriff. I found the guy responsible for the death of the prostitute. His name is George Heldens, he was the lawyer that over saw our agreement with the DEA agent. He was also responsible for giving you a Colombian drug." Bob said as Alex stopped midway pulling up his pants.

"What?"

"It's the truth. I even have proof. I've had it delivered to your office, all you have to do is get him and arrest him." Bob said with a smile on the other side of the phone, he was with holding the information on the woman who Alex slept with. He didn't want to tell him, instead he'd let things unfold naturally for now.

"What of the DEA?" Alex questioned, it would be tricky to arrest George because of his social standing and his knowledge of an illegal drug agreement between a DEA agent who was most likely a mole and between a Sheriff.

"That's where it gets tricky. You can arrest him, but then we'd both get arrested Alex. I've found your culprit, but he is untouchable. I know you know what do. Merry Christmas." Bob said before hanging up leaving Alex with many question on the tip of his tongue when his eyes went to his gun on the bedside table.

He grabbed it.

Things are coming full circle, were reaching a climax. One of them...

I think it best Bob doesn't tell Alex, mainly cause it's kind of like none of his business. I don't think he cares.

Also, George has been identified and Rebecca has found out Norma is alive.

I thought it best to let Norman go away because I think if Norma wouldn't have had him so close to her then he wouldn't have become the way he is in the book like he genuinely is a nice guy and smart, he could've become a an average motel owner and not one who kills his customers. LOL.

Dylan and Emma will have some more face time if any of you are into there coupling. Norma and Romero...they'll have...some ups and downs.

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