Mirabelle #9 September 1961

Angie lies awake, caught in the rhythm of a haunting blues tune drifting through the night—played every evening by her neighbor, Alan Dale, a man still mourning the girl who left him for the piccolo player.

In a quiet neighborhood where roses bloom and hearts flutter, Frank Johnson’s charm seems to outshine his neighbor’s quiet dedication—until a sudden illness changes everything. When Chuck brings her a single, carefully tended flower meant for the show, she begins to see the quiet romance hidden in his gestures.

Jan finds herself caught between duty and desire when she learns Maureen truly loves Ralph—just as she’s about to witness the man she promised to marry undergo surgery at the hands of the man she loves, Doctor Cranfield.