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Dear Devon,

You will never guess what landed in my inbox this morning, so I have stopped trying to hold the news until your workshop in Saskatoon wraps up. Writing it down is the next best thing to watching your face while I say it aloud, and I simply could not sit on my hands one more hour.

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1Right now, Devon is
Aslicing cold cuts behind the deli counter.
Baway at a workshop in another city.
Cout visiting growers in towns across the province.
Dwaiting at home for Renata to return.
2Before this offer, the writer had spent five years
Arunning a little flower shop of her own.
Btravelling to growers all over the province.
Cworking behind a deli counter.
Dcoordinating the downtown market.
3The writer is mainly writing to tell Devon
Ahow her first day as coordinator is going.
Bthat they can finally buy the row house.
Chow long the working days in the new post are.
Dabout important news to do with her new market job.
4It is clear that the writer
Ahas decided to start a family right away.
Bis eager to get out on the road to new towns.
Calready owns the row house on Beaumont Street.
Denjoys slicing cold cuts at the counter.
5At this point, the coordinator's job is something the writer
Aaccepted the instant the email arrived.
Bhas done for five long years.
Cgave up on, like the flower shop.
Dstill has to make up her mind about.
6The writer suggests that Devon
Awants to keep putting off starting a family.
Bwas right to talk her out of walking away.
Ccannot afford the row house on Beaumont Street.
Dexpects a step up in salary as well.
7In her new role, the writer would work as
Athe person coordinating a public market.
Ba florist running her own shop.
Ca clerk behind a deli counter.
Da paid travel writer.
8The writer worries that, despite the travel, she will
Afinally reopen the flower shop she wanted.
Bnever once be sent to Niagara.
Cget little chance to enjoy the gorgeous spots she visits.
Dhave to head home before the workshop ends.
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