"spending time with her created a fondness of candace , a fondness that meant nothing to candace . she was not aware of him during her coma . he would do everything in his power to be there for her for as long as she let him , if she let him . stryker went looking for bud to bring him up to speed on what was going on with _ ..." What is the word in the blank space (_)? The answer is
candace