23 deadtime

.. the shirtless man's demeanor about the woman's absence was so low-key and his concer about her whereabouts so off-key that the large group was losing interest in his dilemma . most had returned their attention to rechecking their equipment and supplies  to finish preparations for their imminent ascent of canyon wall .
" she your girlfriend ?" jules asked .
"we're ...friends . we hang out . we see each other sometimes . i live in vegas . she brought me down here ."
the group digested the news .
"coming on  this ... hike , trip ....was her idea ," the shirtless man said again . it was as though he was determined to hang any bad-judgment tag on jaana's back . " i'm not much of an outdoors man . kind of sore this morning . you guys have blisters ?"  he bent his left leg , raising his foot . an angry red orb the size of a quarter was sprouting on his heel .
" i can give you something for that . what time did jaana get up to pee ?" jules asked  ." do you remember ?"" i was asleep . i dont know ."
" about ...what time ? was it en o'clock ? one o'clock ? four o'clock ?"
he sgrugged ." i don't know ."
"early ? late ?"
" not too late ."
" lisa ?" jules  said to one of the other women ." were you able to sleep  last night ? you see anything ?"
lisa was one  of  the group of singles , the high school friend of jack's . the heat had been troubling lisa more than anyone else in the group . she hadn't beeen able to sleep for more than an hour or two at a stretch since she reached the canyon floor , she said ." not much . i was up for a while . like always ." she looked away before  she said ," other people were up too ." she quickly scanned the group ." but i didn't see her ."
the shirtless  man fixated on the news that others were up ." anybody see her after dark ?"