pegye was driving. on the board. >> well, i mean there's a wave and all of a sudden it got real big, and of a sudden it just jerked out of my hand. >> oh, ok. >> you know, i just couldn't hold on. so i came up. i thought pegye would be right there. she wasn't. the boat was just going in circles, and i couldn't see her. i could just see that pegye wasn't standing there on the wheel. and the boat kept going farther and farther away. and i couldn't see any other boat. i was screaming and looking around. it was my fault. if only i could see her right now. >> 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. >> not just because pegye was a strong swimmer. everyone knew that. linda knew more. a secret about her daughter-in-law. >> and you thought, what?