Valentine #5 July 1969

In "Oceans Apart," Jo Johnson sets a bottle adrift with a hopeful note, imagining the many lives her message might touch across the sea. As she watches it fade into the horizon, her mind wanders to the strangers who might one day read her words—each a mystery, each a possibility.

Lisa stumbles into the dark waters of the Thames, disoriented and shaken, only to wake aboard Scott’s boat with no memory of how she got there. Without pressing her for answers, Scott quietly offers her a ride down the river, a quiet reprieve in the midst of her turmoil.