Valentine #13 November 1971

Janice and Morgan search the shore for Luke and his friends, their worry growing as the sun sets. When Luke finally appears at Morgan’s beach bungalow, shaken and urgent, he says something terrible has happened — but before he can explain, the quiet of the night is broken by a sudden, unsettling silence.

Joe wraps up his summer on the farm, ready to leave, but Sally’s heart sinks at the thought—she’s not the one he’s returning to. Though Joe is married, he’s heading back to his wife, who’s just finished her season dancing with a troupe in the south of France. Stephanie watches the quiet moment unfold, caught between knowing what’s right and feeling the weight of what might have been.

Pam Watson is fleeing through the night, shadows closing in as she rides with strangers, her past a weight she can’t shake. Seven weeks after a party where Tony’s kiss with her ended in tragedy—when Helen died in a crash after chasing them—Pam is haunted by guilt and the cold dismissal Tony showed at the funeral. Now, with Jess watching her from the edge of the road, the truth of what really happened begins to stir in the dark.

Lena Harris, caught between her growing feelings for Peter Brooks and a dream of a lavish life, turns to Paul Loxton for a taste of the excitement she thinks she wants. But when Paul makes his intentions clear at a party, Lena flees back to Arcady Court—only to find Peter gone, leaving no trace.