Problem: How does the sentence end?

Natalie spent a lot of time brushing their hair but it only took Patricia two minutes, since 
OPTIONS:
- Natalie had extremely short hair.
- Patricia had extremely short hair.
Answer: Patricia had extremely short hair.
sentence: Kayla was sad about a friend moving and Monica was amused so the mom showed  OPTIONS:
- Kayla compassion.
- Monica compassion.
complete: Kayla compassion.
The shampoo at the salon was more expensive than the one at the store because the one at the 
OPTIONS:
- store was low quality.
- salon was low quality.
store was low quality.
Input: Continue writing.

He tried to raise his testosterone level with medicine by the weekend but the 
OPTIONS:
- medicine came too fast.
- weekend came too fast.

Continued: weekend came too fast.
Story needs to be completed:
Slime permeated the basement but was non-existent in the mezzanine, as the 
OPTIONS:
- basement was unprotected from it.
- mezzanine was unprotected from it.

My choice:
basement was unprotected from it.
Problem: How does the sentence end?

The candles of Cynthia don't look as neat as Rebecca's. Despite that 
OPTIONS:
- Cynthia is less experienced at candle making.
- Rebecca is less experienced at candle making.
Answer:
Rebecca is less experienced at candle making.