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Donna wrote under the pseudonym Alexander Green. Her publishers were still 32 ______ that the books were written by a young woman, and her identity was the best-kept secret in the business.

The publicity department occasionally planted an item about the author, that he was hunting in Wales, or researching a new book somewhere, or had just 33 ______ to his ranch in Texas to start work on a new thriller. Donna almost believed he was real, like some alter ego.

She always 34 ______ it funny when they sent her a clipping about the elusive Alexander Green, or an alleged sighting of him somewhere unlikely like Somali.

After her editor left, Donna decided to look 35 ______ a new apartment, since the second lease on hers was expiring in June. This time it took her two weeks to find one.

It was slightly smaller than the one she’d had, but it suited her. She liked to have her own place to live, 36 ______ she missed her sisters and the warmth of being among them.

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Pat checked her bags at the airport the next day. She carried her overstuffed hand luggage and boarded the plane to London, feeling like she was leaving home again but 30 ______ to see her old friends too.

The two years in Europe after college had been the beginning of her adult life, 31 ______ she hadn’t changed physically. She still looked years younger than she was and could have passed for a teenager in ballet flats and jeans at twenty-four.

She didn’t 32 ______ it but Sue and Vicky were at the airport to meet her, as a surprise when she came through customs. They held her tight when they hugged her and they both cried and so did Pat. She’d seen them at her sister’s wedding ten months earlier, but that was a long time too.

Her friends headed for the garage to get the car. Both her friends ascertained immediately that Pat looked happy and well, and she seemed to have more 33 ______ after living on her own for two years.

They thought that she was more beautiful than ever. Sue gave a sigh of relief as she started the car. Pat 34 ______ them all about her recent trip around Europe on the drive from the airport.