Here’s her story:
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_d0de63b4-0f4a-11e2-98fb-001a4bcf887a.html
The wife is a poisonous piece of work. Here’s my two bit opinion based on my knowledge of women (which is a lot, because I am one).
Heather loves drama and playing helpless damsel in distress.
All she wanted was two men fighting over her. Later she could portray her husband as the mean abusive drunk to further shame and manipulate him into (probably) expensive gift giving. She’d make him feel inadequate and guilty for life for either beating or getting beaten.
All the while playing helpless apologetic damsel to the younger man, so she could sob on his shoulder and tie him up emotionally so he doesn’t move on to someone more available.
Only this psychodrama got out of her control because Mr. Harper refused to take the beating she had set her older, jealous and drunken husband up to dish out.