Rebuilding Home

Clau grew up in a quiet rural town, raised by her maternal grandparents. She had never met her father, and her mother worked far away in Manila as a factory worker. When her mother finally returned home, Clau hoped it would be the start of a closer bond. But financial struggles forced her mother to leave again, this time for another province. 

As the years passed, Clau came to know her mother only through the support she sent from afar, not through the warmth and presence she longed for. That distance left an emptiness in her heart, a gap she didn’t know how to fill. 

Then one day, a distant relative reached out to her on social media. Believing she was safe because they were family, Clau let her guard down. What began as friendly conversations turned into manipulation and abuse, shattering the stability she once knew.