She started to cry even harder; I wanted to do something, but just didn't know what.

She put her hand over its mouth, and it cried harder.

Mom started crying even harder, but she didn't stop him from leaving.

He fought against his trap, but the pain made him cry harder.

Lucy cried harder, but now her face broke into a smile.

"I should have had 12 children and a husband," she says, starting to cry hard now, eye liner be damned.

With that she turned and went back in the house, leaving him with the baby, who at once began to cry even harder.

And she cried harder because she knew, better than he did, that it was only the beginning of the end.

She cried harder, feeling a wave of sickness wash over her.

Her voice was low and sounded a little husky, like maybe she smoked a lot or had been crying hard.