This is a pretty intense story, all right, but I'm afraid it was somewhat spoiled for me by the writing style. There are almost no contractions in this dialogue - there are four, in fact. Four contractions in six pages of dialogue! Who the hell talks like that? "Come, Teresa. I am hungry. We will eat now." I mean, maybe if this were set five hundred years ago it would make sense, but this is set in what was then modern times. I've never in my life heard anybody talk like that, especially not a poor couple whom one can reasonably assume haven't had much access to higher education. It's really distracting. Oh, and one more thing - WHO THE HELL LEAVES THEIR BABY OUT ON THE SIDEWALK WHILE THEY HAVE LUNCH? I mean, come on, people! 'Catching the sunlight' or not, that's just asking for trouble. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they deserved to get their baby snatched, but they came perilously close.