Valentine #21 August 1971
"Be Sure to Love" in Valentine #21 (August 1971) captures a quiet, poignant moment in a woman’s day, drawn with tender precision by Francisco Masip. When a chance encounter with a boy on a motorbike sparks a fleeting fantasy of romance, her imagination runs wild—only to be gently grounded by reality. A subtle, bittersweet story of hope and quiet resignation, rendered in Masip’s expressive style.
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As she goes to work, she sees a boy on a motor-bike have an accident. Thinking she is his girlfriend, the policeman offers to let her ride in the ambulance with him. She enjoys thinking about being his girlfriend all day, but when she returns to the hospital that evening she learns that he is in his room with his fiancée. As she walks home, she tells herself that nothing really happened. It was just another day.
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