The second was from the night of the party.

11:47 p.m.

Twenty minutes after he had walked her to her car in the parking structure on Kettner and asked her, out loud, whether she would ever consider trying.

“He asked me in the parking garage,” Valerie said.

“I said no.

Not gently, either — I said no, and I said why.

And then he sent that at quarter to twelve, which I think was him having one more go.”

I looked at the timestamp for a long time.