SHE WAS LATE BECAUSE SHE WAS SURVIVING.

Everyone thought Mara was just a girl who was always late.

Every morning, while other students prepared for school, Mara went to the palengke to sell food for her sick parents. She wanted nothing more than to study, but sometimes survival had to come first.
Her tired eyes made her teacher believe she was wasting her nights on her phone. He judged her without knowing the truth.
Until one morning, Mara finally broke down and revealed the life she had been hiding.
She wasn't lazy. She wasn't careless. She was simply trying to keep her family alive.
But just when hope finally finds her family, another tragedy awaits.

Sometimes, being late doesn't mean you don't care.

Sometimes, it means you were fighting a battle nobody could see.