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Goodreads asked Lydia Sherrer:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Lydia Sherrer Wow, I thought this would be an easy question, but it turned out to be hard to think of a good answer! I had to wrack my brain, because there aren't any mysteries in my life. I'm very content and surrounded by wonderful people.

But then I remembered someone from my past that I've spent years trying to forget, because they caused me much pain and hardship, though not on purpose, just through the sheer force of their...odd personality. I thought I grew to know them well, but I kept discovering things about them that completely changed my view, and I eventually realized they were a sociopath, and most of the things coming out of their mouth were creative interpretations of the truth.

To this day, I wonder about them (well, actually I try not to, and thankfully they only come to mind every now and then), and wonder who they really were, what their real name was, and what was the truth of their life. How much of what they told me was fact or fiction? I know they were an extraordinary person, there was no denying that. But who were they? In my younger years I was a bit of a poet, and wrote this about them in my private musings:

The wisest fool I ever met
The most selfish saint I won't forget

I will never know the truth, and even now hope to forget them again quickly, because my curiosity is insatiable. But this is the one truth I will never know, because to pursue that truth would drive me to madness. I've thought about writing a book about them, but know I never could, nor would. So they will forever remain a mystery. Maybe one day I'll write a mystery/thriller/crime series with a character based on them and work out my demons that way. Who knows?

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