What He Left Behind
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When Noelle Fisher moves across the country to Sacramento, CA, she plans to make a new start and stay on the right path. Enter Charlie Hemmingway: musician, drug addict, and infamous troublemaker who sets his sights on the hot-tempered newcomer with a few secrets of her own. Will these two teens with checkered pasts and suitcases of baggage be each other's savior or demise?
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