ginger miller started working at the law firm as a secretary in september 2001 just about the time larry went missing. elisa kept the business going in his absence, but couldn't seem to settle on what the staff should tell people about larry. >> i was told to tell his kids and different people in his family different things. so i was told that he was golfing or skiing, someplace they probably couldn't get a hold of him at. >> it's obvious bs. >> yeah. if it was a client, i would have to say that he was working on the deposition, he was with another client, he had to fly out. >> larry's kids didn't know what to think. >> and tobias brother this doesn't sound right. why do the stories keep changes? >> october arrived, still no larry. thanksgiving. then december he was always with his family on his birthday, but still no sign of larry mcnabney. >> i didn't get a good feeling. and what i worried about was had something gone wrong and dad was scared and he took off? >> had larry offended the wrong person? tavia had a friend in law enforcement who told her -- >> you have to look at it two-way.