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Not only had the house been leveled—every tree and flower around it was gone too, and even the swimming pool had been filled in. Nothing remained but a vast stretch of bare, empty land.

Nora Fatehi gripped the steering wheel tightly, her eyes red as she stared at that hollow plot of earth.

This had been her home for seven years. Here, she and Nicholas Taylor had spent their wedding night. Here