Chapter Two Summary

The customer looking for a room at the Bates Motel is Miss Mary Crane, a beautiful twenty-seven year old woman on the run after stealing $40,000 from her boss. After driving for hours in the pouring rain, Mary Crane is lost, tired, and desperate to find a room for the night, which is how she came across the Bates Motel. Just yesterday, Mary had been sitting at her desk at Mr. Lowery's real estate office. One of his regular customers, Mr. Tommy Cassidy, had come in to purchase a house as a wedding gift for his daughter. He slapped $40,000 in cash onto Mr. Lowery's desk like the money didn't even faze him. When Mr. Lowery had asked Mary to go home early for the weekend, depositing the cash in his bank account on the way, Mary realized that this was the opportunity...