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Secrets of Love and Marriage #21
This anthology issue contains two stories: "Take My Heart," in which a woman named Kathy meets Roy Daniels, her college roommate, and recalls how she initially didn't expect to marry him despite his claims that his craft had never been blessed by such loneliness. "The Man at the Wedding" depicts a father watching his daughter's wedding ceremony while reflecting on his own marriage to Frank and the years between them, closing his eyes to envision both his past wedding day and his current one. "The Reason Why..." follows Michael's unexpected visit to his mother's home, where his wife Ellen expresses her distress about Michael's close relationship with his mother, leading to tension in their newlywed marriage as Ellen and Michael's mother clash over his attention and loyalties.