Teen-Age Romances #35

"Good-bye, Innocence" follows Jenny, a young woman who becomes pregnant after a brief romance with a man named John. When John learns of the pregnancy, he offers to marry her and take her to Chicago to start a new life, but Jenny refuses, fearing he only pities her and wanting him to have his freedom. Jenny leaves town alone to have the baby at a hotel that will close soon, forcing her into an uncertain future. Later, Jerry, a truck driver, meets Jenny at a nightclub and falls for her, eventually proposing marriage; Jenny accepts, hoping their life together will work out despite her secret past. However, the story ends with Jerry discovering the truth about Jenny's child from another man named Karl Werner, leaving their future uncertain as Jerry grapples with this revelation.