Young Romance #86

This anthology issue contains the story "I Took the Easy Way Out," in which a young woman, facing hardship and rejection, flees town on a bus to Middletown rather than confront her problems or the boy she loves. The issue also features an advice column called "Problems" by Nancy Hale, where a reader asks about being torn between two men—one who went into the Army and a new man she recently met—and Hale advises her to be honest about her true feelings rather than deceive either party.