Valentine #14 September 1968
"Love Grows" is a quietly poignant story from Valentine #14, a 7d comic from September 1968, where a worker’s fleeting connection to the fiancée of wealthy Dudley Dingleford lingers long after the dream house he helped build is finished. Drawn with delicate sensitivity by Jorge Badía Romero, the tale follows his quiet reflections and growing attachment, culminating in a bittersweet encounter months later when he sees her standing before the house—now for sale—realizing it was never just a home, but a place shaped by absence.
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The fiancée of wealthy Dudley Dingleford tells the worker to be careful because he is working on her dream house. As he continues to work on the house over the following days, the worker finds himself jealous of her fiancé. In the months following that job, he wonders about them and the house. He finds himself going home that way and sees her in front of the house along with a 'For Sale' sign. She had not married and, although it was a super house, she found it was missing something without him there every day.
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