pegye was driving.c was being pulled on the board. >> all of a sudden, it just jerked out of my hands. >> reporter: and so pegye >> reporter: and so pegye bechler was simply gone. maybe even within sight of the same beach that had spawned her marriage. eric seemed devastated, fearing his wife and business partner was dead. but eric's mother linda saw things quite differently. >> i was sure that they would find her, that it would all turn out well. >> reporter: not just because pegye was a strong swimmer. everyone knew that. linda knew more. a secret about her daughter-in-law. you thought what? pegye faked her death? or disappeared deliberately? >> uh-huh. >> coming up, pegye's secret. what was it? >> she stopped me the stairway, said i have to talk to you. >> and enter the bikini model. >> she was just a hot number as they say. >> how would she figure into all of this? i got a mortgage offer from the bank today. whuuuuuat? you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers