Manhunt On Mystic Mesa. Cindi Myers

are usually rough,” Ryan said. “Maybe she was upset you were going back to your wife. Or maybe you found out about Eric and were angry she’d been two-timing you. You had an argument, one thing led to another...” He let the sentence hang, the atmosphere heavy with the unspoken accusation.

      “We didn’t argue,” Eddleston said. “And I didn’t know she was engaged to Eric. I’m not even sure when they became engaged. It could have happened after we split.”

      “He says they’ve been engaged a couple of weeks,” Jana said.

      Eddleston compressed his mouth in a tight line but gave no answer.

      “What do you think led Jenny to walk off the job yesterday afternoon?” Ryan asked. “Was it because she was upset?”

      “I don’t know anything about that,” he said. “She wasn’t upset with me.” He turned to Jana. “I like your sister. She’s a sweet girl and we had a good time. We were friends—we are friends. Neither one of us did anything wrong.”

      “Someone did something wrong,” Jana said. “My sister is missing and no one can tell me what happened to her.”