Valentine #14 September 1968

In "Love Grows," a young worker hired to build a grand house for wealthy Dudley Dingleford finds his quiet devotion to the project stirring unexpected feelings. As he returns months later, drawn by memories of the home and the woman who once watched him from the porch, he sees her standing beside a "For Sale" sign—her dream house now empty, its heart missing something no amount of luxury could fill.

In a quiet village feast, Valerie Penn is drawn into an eerie mystery when an old Greek man urges her to meet his mother—only for the woman to declare Val not the one meant to be warned. As whispers of a curse tied to a buried gold treasure surface, Gary dismisses the tale as superstition, but Fraser quietly reveals a dark truth: they once found the treasure, and the sacrifice may be closer than they thought. Val begins to wonder if someone she knows—like Liz—might be the girl the legend demands.

Jim brings Betty home to meet his family, wary of his sister Susie’s history of sabotaging his relationships—only to find Susie surprisingly supportive. When Jim briefly leaves the door unattended, he’s startled to see a boy waiting to pick up Susie, sparking a quiet moment of payback he hadn’t planned.

Mollie feels left out as Anita, Gavin’s neighbor, always seems to be around, making her wonder if Gavin truly loves her—or Anita. When she finally confides in Mrs. Bruce, the truth comes out: Anita is gravely ill, and Gavin has been helping her cope in secret, a bond built on kindness, not romance.

In a tense moment aboard a crash site, Nurse Judy Appleby must set Lester Fontana’s broken leg while Dr. Clyde Powers watches — all as a gun-wielding bodyguard, shaken by his own confession, looms nearby. With quick thinking drawn from a drive-in movie’s twist, Judy devises a plan to subdue the man without further bloodshed.