Part I The storm arrived faster than anyone expected. Six-year-old Evelina McIntyre sat cross-legged on the carpet in her bedroom, a small, cozy space nestled on the lower level of her family’s home in Georgia. The room, with its pastel green walls and neatly arranged shelves of toys and books, was usually a place of warmth and comfort. Her bed, covered in a soft quilt embroidered with flowers, took up the far corner, and a ...