Valentine #28 September 1968

Vicki finds herself drawn into a quiet, unexpected bond when she pretends to be Marie, the injured man’s girlfriend, visiting him each night after a car accident. As she keeps the secret, the emotional weight of her deception grows, especially with her singing engagement on the line and the real Marie still refusing to come to the hospital.

In "The Journey," Valerie Penn is haunted by a vivid dream of Liz screaming for help from an altar, a vision that lingers long after she wakes. Finding Liz’s bed empty, the sheets tangled and a glass shattered on the floor, Val must piece together the mystery before the night deepens.

When Mike ends things with Sarah, Emma’s boyfriend brings his friend along on their dates—unaware that Mike’s breakup is just a clever ruse to get closer to Emma.

Nurse Judy Appleby is reeling from the loss of Bran Caley, her patient whose transplant operation ended in tragedy. Sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to a dude ranch as a kind of retreat, she’s stunned to learn she’ll be working alongside the ranch’s resident medico—Mark Fury—when she arrives.