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Truthful Love #2
This anthology issue contains two stories. The first story follows Jerry Dawson and Doris Wayne, known as the town's lovebirds, until a girl named Denys Carlyle enters their lives and tests their relationship, with Jerry desperately calling for Doris when she leaves him. "The Loneliest Girl in Town" tells of Janet, a woman wary of men due to her parents' troubled marriage, who meets Glen Jackson at her workplace and begins to develop feelings for him, but struggles with her conflicting emotions about love versus career. A third story depicts a newlywed couple, Jim and Liz, who face financial hardship and marital strain when Jim grows distant, eventually leading Liz to consider divorce after discovering his love has cooled over time.