She waited until it was one of the coldest days in January then prepared the beginning of her plan. She called Charles up and ask him to meet her at Mick's Karaoke for some alone time. She knew the place wouldn't be busy during the day but it would have enough people there to collaborate her story of not being home. After he agreed she wrote a note to her husband stating she had gone swimming in the lake and that she would be back in an hour. She made sure to note the time on the note so that when he awoke he'd see she'd been gone longer than that. She called the babysitter, let her know she was going swimming for awhile and then left. She headed down to the lake as not to bring suspicion to her plan. Once there she walked a short distance, out of the way of the house and called a cab.
"Oh you look so beautiful in your lingerie," Charles told her after they had sex in the photo booth.
"And you, your so handsome in your tennis shoes and boxers," she replied. Truthfully she thought he looked like an idiot, but she didn't say that out loud.
In the meantime, Josef had woke three hours after Norma had left. The babysitter was in a panic telling him that she had left to go swimming hours ago. Josef found the note on his dresser and noted the time that Norma had wrote it. He thought about calling the police then, but figured they'd just tell him he was overreacting.
"I'm going to go look for her," he told Jamie.
"Be careful, the waters are ice cold Mr. Bates," she said as she handed Annie a bottle.
Josef hated the lake, it scared him as he never really learned to swim. he could doggy paddle all right but other than that, he sucked at it. He looked out at the water looking for his wife but seeing nothing. Then he saw something bob up in down way out in the middle of the late.
"Crap, that must be her! She must be struggling out there."
He stripped off his clothes as fast as he could and ran into the lake. Onlookers that were fishing looked over at the odd man jumping into the icy waters. Thinking he could get to her in time as she was still bobbing up and down to the surface, Josef doggy paddled out to the middle of the lake where he saw her.
Once there he didn't see Norma anymore. "Norma!" he called looking around.
His arms were starting to get tired and he was really cold. "Norma, where are you!?"
Behind him he heard something splash. 'That must be her!' he thought as he turned around and swam to where the ripples were. "Norma?"
It wasn't Norma. He'd swam straight into a shiver of sharks.
By this time he was already starting to lose strength in his arms and he started bobbing under water himself. He tried to swim away unnoticed from the sharks but that didn't work. He went under and took in some water. This caused him to start flailing around and coughing. The sharks noticed the disturbance in the water and came to investigate.
It was all over after that.
The onlookers had seen the commotion that was going on out in the lake and had called the police. By the time they got there though, it was too late. Josef had been eaten by the sharks.
Norma received the call a little while later. Her acting perfected over the years, she cried publicly for everyone to see. When she was questioned about the note, she told them that she had taken a morning swim and then had decided to head into town for some coffee. She had ran into Charles and they had decided to get some breakfast and catch up. Charles was able to verify her story along with others that had been at Mick's so Norma wasn't questioned after that.
The body of Josef was never found but Norma decided to have a funeral for him anyways. She had to put on the front of a grieving widow once more. Rumors started to seep around town calling her the Black Widow. Not that she had killed any of her husbands, just that it seemed anyone that married her ended up dead or disappeared. People talked about the family being cursed and how anyone that got involved with the Bates, bad luck would follow. This started to effect Clarice and her friends at school. Some of the girls picked on her saying she was the daughter of a witch. Others said that Clarice herself had killed all her step-dads. Kids could be cruel and Norma saw that the ones in Hidden Springs were not different.
'Let's just blow up the whole town! Wipe the fucking place clean off the map!' Norma Jean seethed. 'They will get what is coming to them, don't worry Norma Jean. I think Clarice can take care of her self.'
And she could. Little things started happening to the girls at school. One broke out in a horrible rash that covered her whole face, making it swell. Another fell of the monkey bars and broke her wrist. While another one missed two weeks of school because she kept puking up blood. Yes, Clarice had the school kids handled and Norma knew this.
Before Norma could blink her eyes and get Charles to commit to her with marriage, the twin's birthday rolled around. Norma was actually glad that she hadn't married Charles yet as she wanted to spend this birthday with just her kids. She had great plans for all her children, but Norman was special. Norman would be the one she taught all her deepest darkest secrets too.
"Norman, I will make you the evilest little boy in the world. You are so special, no one will compare to you," Norma smiled as she help Norman blow out his candles.
He grew into a fine looking boy, and Norma couldn't be prouder. "You will make all the girls pay, won't you Norman?"
"Yes mother," Norman said, his face expressionless.
Norma was so busy being proud of her son and making plans for him that she didn't realize that Clarice had heard the whole thing.
"I am going to kill you," she whispered as she looked over at her brother. "How dare you take mother's love from me."
Norma busy with Bellatrix now didn't see Clarice's jealousy. She was just happy that all her children were growing up just as evil as her.
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