[Mr 5 0]

1BAD89:

No way is this woman simply trying to avoid Mercury. She could do that with a phone call. He's been a perfect gentleman with her and has done nothing to harrass her in any way, shape or form up to the time of her disappearance.

She hasn't shown up at her business or her home for almost a week, her phones are shut off and her good car sits outside, untouched while her home stays dark and still, no word from her.

Now, she may have simply had to leave suddenly for some unknown reason with no real drama involved but abandoning your home, your business, your late-model car just to avoid some guy you've only known casually? I can't see it unless he had harrassed and badly frightened Marya, in which case she could have had him arrested long before going to all this trouble. It wouldn't be hard, as Mustangbelle306 said. Her word against his and guess who they believe? The petite woman who is crying and shaking with fear while begging the cops to "Keep him away from me"! or the big guy who says "But I just wanted to talk to her". Enough said.

Whatever happened to Marya, easily explained or sinister, it certainly wasn't an attempt to get away from a guy she had a brief, casual relationship with and who did nothing but act like a gentlemen, if we can believe Merc - which I do.

Even if Merc can't get to the bottom of this, Marya has to either show up and hopefully make contact with him or else she'll just never come back and Mercury will find out later what happened (went back to the Phillipines perhaps). Worst case is that the police will investigate and come up with something. It may not be good but he'll know what happened.

Meanwhile, I wish Mercury well with his 'Marya investigation' and I know he'll be careful, as Mustangbelle306 correctly advised.

I await the next development.