I asked to finish.

The afternoon before the dinner, Harper had texted Wyatt: I’m not being ignored tonight.

He answered: You won’t be.

She responded with a laughing emoji and wrote: Maybe your wife needs to learn where she stands.

That exchange did not prove Harper intended to cause a serious injury.

Naomi was careful about that distinction.

But it showed a hostility neither woman had admitted to me, and it made the footage harder to excuse as an innocent prank.

“Do you think she wanted to kill me?” I asked.