The luminance of the sun was peaking in over the hills in White Pine Bay. A fresh breeze in the air that smelled of fresh laundry and Lavender oils filled the air like a poison. Living in comfort was addicting, but often didn’t last long. This morning, if only for a moment, Norma was able to bask in the quiet, subtle vibration of the winds against her feeble body. She could ignore the vacillating minds of the town and just live, like it was supposed to be before things became an abundance of theatrical drama. Simplicity was what her old-fashioned heart yearned for. The silence was only merely interupted by Chris Isaak’s rendition of “Wicked Games” flowing out of the record player with a light pop pop to remind her of the quality of vinyl. Her hips swayed left and right as she danced through the room like a windy curtain just flowing along with the zephyrs with tiptoes barely touching the surface of the hardwood.But happiness doesn’t linger in the Bates Motel and she was soon halted by the sound of glass shattering in the distance. She hurried to the loud resonance, as quickly as her slightly aching feet would carry her to where someone had violently catapulted a large chunk of stone through the crystal glass of the window. Wrapped around the stone was a letter on a beer stained piece of paper. Hesitantly, Norma scrubbed her left hand off on her dress and loosened the small rope wrapped around the paper to unfold a document that read, “Let’s get together sometime. You, me, your son, and my son. Sound good? - Caleb” x