Ava, a 14-year-old student, returns home shaken after being repeatedly humiliated in class by a teacher who questions her intelligence in front of her peers. Her mother, already carrying memories of similar abuse from her own childhood, quietly struggles with the situation as her daughter begs her not to intervene for fear of worsening the bullying.
The tension escalates when the school hosts a charity fair, where Ava spends weeks preparing handmade tote bags to support a winter clothing drive. On the day of the event, her mother is shocked to discover that the coordinator is Mrs. Mercer—the same former teacher who once humiliated her decades earlier.....