Rita flees the town where she grew up and changes her name. She gradually falls in love with Ben, a policeman, but is terrified that he will learn the awful secret from her past.; Jim brings his friend Martin home for Christmas and his younger sister Julie falls in love with the handsome stranger. She doesn't know that Martin is getting over a bad break-up and isn't ready to love anyone again.; Debbie goes away for two weeks to visit her cousin Brenda, who sets Debbie up with her boyfriend's brother, Jerry. Debbie is surprised to realize that she's fallen in love with Jerry, forgetting all about her boyfriend at home, but fortunately when she returns home he's fallen in love with someone else too.; Jan's boyfriend Danny comes back from the war after two years a changed man. She doesn't know how she will adjust to his different personality until an encounter with a little girl whose father died in the war makes Danny open up and tell her about his experiences over there.; When Cookie becomes a successful model she becomes bored and impatient with her boyfriend Glen, who doesn't seem to want anything much out of life.