Suddenly, as she was looking for a good place to turn the car, she saw a light by the side of the road. At first she thought she was dreaming. A hotel, here, in the middle of nowhere? Impossible. She closed her eyes and opened them again. Yes, it was true. A small sign shining in the night: BATES MOTEL 'I don't believe it,' she said to herself as she drove towards the: sign. 'This is my lucky night.' Chapter 4 Norman There were no other cars outside the motel, and the office was empty. Marion stood outside the office and waited. Looking up, she saw a large old house on a hill behind the motel. On the first floor of the house she could see a light in a window. There was a shadow moving behind the curtain. The shadow of a woman, Marion thought. She went back to her car and waited for someone to come. • At last, through the darkness and the rain, she saw someone outside the house. It was a man, and he was running down the hill towards the motel. Marion got out of her car to meet him. He was a young man, tall and thin, with a friendly, boyish face. 'I'm sorry I wasn't in the office,' he smiled. 'Do you have a room?' Marion asked. 'Twelve rooms, all of them empty,' the young man laughed. 'You're wet. Come into the office.' Inside the office, the young man watched her carefully as she wrote her name in the visitors' book. Not her real name, but: 'MARIE SAMUELS'. Then he thought for a second before choosing a key from the small cupboard behind the desk. 'Room One,' he smiled.'It's next to this office.' The young man carried Marion's suitcase from the car, and she followed him into her room. He turned on the light, and opened the window. 'It's small, but it's comfortable,' he said. 'And look. There's a shower in the bathroom.' 'Thank you, Mr Bates,' Marion smiled. 'My name's Norman,' he said. 'If you want anything, I'll be in the office.' 'I just want to sleep. But before that, I need to eat.' 'There's a restaurant about ten miles away, outside Fairvale. But I was just thinking ...' he said, lowering his eyes with a shy smile.'It's a long way to Fairvale and it's still raining. Maybe you'd like to have dinner with me instead? Nothing much. Just bread, milk and cheese. But you can come up to my house with me, if you like.' 'You're very kind,' said Marion. Norman looked up, his eyes shining with excitement. 'I'll be back when everything's ready. With an umbrella!' Marion closed the door behind him and smiled for the first time in twentyf