Chapter Eight Summary

Lila and Sam eat a nervous lunch together while they wait for Aborgast to return from his motel search. As he eats, Sam realizes that he actually knows very little about Mary, despite the fact that he's engaged to marry her. Perhaps Mary did steal the money, although if he admits that to himself, Sam has to admit that he is engaged to a thief, which is a very bitter pill to swallow. Lila, however, seems in better moods than Sam, sure that Aborgast will find a lead and Mary will be returned safe and sound. It's four o'clock in the afternoon before Aborgast calls. He says that he's found Mary's handwriting in the guest book at the Bates Motel, but she's signed in under a fake name. When he pressed Norman Bates about it, he said that Mary (or Jane...