Lilas Café Rent Showdown

The Story

Lila works tirelessly to keep her late grandmother’s neighborhood café open, juggling shift schedules while caring for her ailing mother and saving money for her younger sister’s college education. A corporate developer purchases the building housing the cafe and demands a steep rent hike that exceeds her current means. The sudden financial pressure threatens to strip away her family’s only stable home and the cherished link to her grandmother’s legacy. If she cannot afford the new rate soon, she will lose the cafe and her sister’s college plans.