Sweetheart Diary #52

"Love at Last" features a woman who has long sought romantic love and finally finds it when she meets a man at a social gathering, though initial misunderstandings nearly derail their connection. After a woman named Billie fails to follow her downstairs at a party, the narrator waits and eventually must take a taxi home alone, believing Billie has no romantic interest in her. The next day she learns that Billie is actually her cousin and had simply intended to follow her, leading the narrator to write an apology note. The story concludes with the narrator reflecting on how a doctor she knows has undergone a dramatic positive transformation in his demeanor and appearance since falling in love with his wife, noting how love has made him more handsome and kind.