That's the Reality

"Claudia, stay strong. You will live tonight," the old man said as his daughter shook her head, trying her best to hold on to her baby.

The old man's tears escaped from his eyes then it soon fell on his daughter's tired face. She had given birth at their home since they were too poor to afford assistance in a hospital. They wouldn't also want to be in too much debt that's why they decided to have the baby at home.

The old man felt rage when he remembered how the man left his daughter upon knowing that he got her pregnant. But what broke his heart more was that he couldn't do anything to help his daughter.

After a few minutes of silence, Claudia spoke to her father again, with her coarse, tired voice.

"Please raise my child well. I want to let her have a bright future. Surely, father, you can do something for her. I'm..."