They ransacked the bedrooms and tore apart the dressers. They pocketed the little pieces of jewelry Tuyet kept in a box behind the mirror and took Aunt Coi’s stash of money hidden inside her pillow. One soldier tossed Mimi’s body into the well to ruin the water. They doused the house in kerosene and set it on fire. One by one, the barn, the tool shed, and the outhouse were put to the torch.
