For the next few days, Maya's mind was occupied by the discovery she had made regarding Nova. Of course, she had spoken to Noel again to confirm what was going on, but what he told her only made her more confused.
Apparently, Nova never died. Instead, she had lost her memory and was found all the way in New York with a different identity!
For the normal person, this would have been a bad thing. But for Nova, it was the mental break that she needed to start afresh and rediscover herself. During the time that she had forgotten about her past, she also forgot Lucas. And in her search for her real identity, she began to rediscover herself, and she learned to make new friends. She even found herself falling in love again...
As it turned out...the man who had found her on the side of the lake not only saved her and helped her, he also fell in love with her...and she fell in love with him too.