Serenade #13

In "Crying for the Moon," Wendy leaves her steady but unexciting Graham for the wild charm of Leo, a free spirit who sweeps her into a whirlwind of passion and adventure. But when Leo reveals their romance was just a fleeting game, Wendy returns to Graham—only to find her heart still haunted by the man she can't forget.

Lucy keeps quiet about the moment David slipped a note into her hand while Liz was in the hospital. Soon after Liz’s release, the two women set off together to Majorca, their shared journey just beginning.

In a 1962 tale from *Serenade* #13, Sarah is inspired by a story about a girl whose bold new hairdo cost her her boyfriend—so when Monica gives her a striking new style and color, Sarah can't help but wonder: will Roger even see her beneath the transformation?

In "Case of the Missing Heiress," Jo finds herself drawn into a mystery when Gloria tells Mike that Fiona was last seen at the Green Cockatoo. As Mike rows toward the island in a dinghy, a speedboat rams his boat and speeds off—leaving him to swim to shore, where he discovers a letter meant for Fiona, only to be knocked unconscious before he can read it.

In a quiet moment of mishaps, Brenda’s birthday plans unravel—cakes burned, glasses broken, the floor flooded—until a man with a sign claiming he’s deaf and dumb arrives at her door. She hands him her last five shillings, guided by her Piscean nature, only to later hear him speaking with another trickster. As she tries to confront him, she instead meets Trevor, a Cancer born under a different star, and the quiet pull between them feels like something neither can quite explain. Written by Maurice Woodruff and illustrated with delicate precision by Frank Jarvis, this tender two-page tale captures a fleeting, fated moment where chance and zodiac signs seem to whisper a secret only the heart can hear.

In "Never to Part," Jo wanders the crumbling remains of an old house, memories of Colin stirring as she recalls the brief, bittersweet time they shared. Once a carefree orphan on the brink of inheriting his father’s fortune, Colin had ignored May’s advice to take an interest in the family business—until the firm’s collapse left him with nothing and forced him to leave.