Lost Cause

�It doesn�t matter how many times I tell them I�m fine. They don�t believe anyone can possibly go through what I�ve gone through and come out okay. And the more they tell me that, the more I�m starting to think they�re right.� Shy, awkward Noah Templeton will always be the stuff of water cooler gossip now. Ever since that fateful day when he was thirteen, when he disappeared without a trace. Now, it�s seven years later, and he�s back from his horrific ordeal, trying to pick up the pieces in a world where everyone�s moved on without him. They whisper that he�s a lost cause. But things haven�t exactly been easy for Noah�s best friend, Arianna Baker, either. Plagued by a failed relationship, career uncertainty, and memories of past trauma, she can�t help but think that none of it would�ve happened if Noah had been by her side. The only thing that seems clear is that Noah and Ari can�t be apart again. But will they finally find themselves, or destroy each other in the process?