Thalia's Pov
I raised my wet, red eyes to look up at the nurse, "What can I do?" I begged her, reaching out with my trembling fingers to hold the edge of her blue sleeve. "Please... tell me what to do. I’m so lost. I don't know how to live anymore.”
The room was silent except for the sound of my breathing. The nurse didn't pull her arm away. She reached down, placing her warm, steady hand over mine, squeezing my cold fingers tightly. She looked straight into my broken eyes, her expression turning fierce, hard, and deeply earnest.
"Listen to me," the nurse said, her voice dropping into an intense, unyielding register. "You live for yourself. You live for yourself, and you live for that child in your belly."
She leaned in closer, making sure I heard every single syllable clearly. "You
