The rain began only minutes after the explosion.
As if the heavens themselves could no longer bear witness to the tragedy unfolding below.
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Drip..... Drip.....
Heavy droplets fell from the dark sky.
Then more.
And more.
Until a relentless downpour engulfed the entire neighborhood.
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Red and blue emergency lights painted the rain-soaked streets.
Fire trucks crowded the area.
Police vehicles arrived one after another.
Paramedics rushed through the chaos.
Yet none of it mattered to Stephanie Rogers.
Because all she could see...
Was her home burning.
The house where she has had peace for the first time after so long.
The place where countless memories lived.
The place where she and her mother have had the most fondest memories after her father passed.
The place where her mother still waited every evening for her return.
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Or at least...
It had been.
Now it was an inferno.
Crash!!!
A portion of the roof collapsed inward.
