What if Dee....
just for fun...
Stonefish on the beach somewhere sunning himself and then this glow appears from the water.
On closer inspection it appears to be a mermaid with long golden hair. Then looking a little closer its Dee coming out of the water after 13 years of swimming happily at the bottom of the sea with the fishes and the sharks.
Stonie obviously captures this on his phone and these are the pictures that he shows Toadie on Friday.
Sound believable? Nope, but then again we haven't heard the excuse for her disappearance yet.
Smile and pretend...it works