Q: that was hard to believe . '' i was twelve ; monica , my sister , was nine . mom met some guy who told her he was visiting from seattle . she 'd fallen head over heels for him in the course of two weeks during the summer . '' '' i take it your mom 's _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is divorced

Q: nayla turned only her eyes to the right , peering at the architects of this greeting . siona and idaho stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the roadway about twenty meters to nayla 's right . they were deep in conversation , looking at each other occasionally , nodding . presently , idaho touched siona 's arm-an oddly possessive gesture . he nodded once and strode off toward the bridge , stopping at the buttress corner directly in front of _ ... Fill the blank.
A: blank is nayla

Q: fortunately , the dust was only in the lab and the floor was linoleum and not carpet . when the cunninghams down the street had been robbed , the crime lab technicians had n't been too careful about dusting for prints . the sticky stuff had gotten into the cunninghams ' carpet and ruined it . mr. cunningham , who was a lawyer , had filed a claim against the police department and the city had replaced the cunninghams ' _ ... Fill the blank.
A:
blank is carpet