D. A hyphen will be used just before the speech starts. A semicolon and a colon doesn't work here. I guess :/
Answer:
D
Explanation:
he sleeps in the garden right next to her place...to be by her
1. However
2. In addition
3. consequently
4. However
5. In a result
6. furthermore
7. Despite
8. consequently
9. In addition
10. Whereas