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This really reads like a mystery story. I started and didn't stop. Sometimes life writes the best stories.

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Oh, I love the enigma of this.

What a great fiction it would make!

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Apr 26, 2023Liked by Ramona Grigg

A secret family, half siblings? Anything could be true.

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This proves it: real life truly is crazier than fiction!

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Apr 26, 2023Liked by Ramona Grigg

I agree with Sue. This reads like a mystery and I couldn't put it down though I should be starting my busy day. Thank you for a great morning read to kick off what I hope will be a productive day.

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I really enjoyed this, Ramona. Fascinating mystery. (BTW, I also go down those Google search holes all the time.)

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Oh this is so fascinating! I almost want you to write it into a book 😀

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Apr 26, 2023Liked by Ramona Grigg

This is fantastic.

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This definitely tickles the curious! Now I'm dying to know, but I suppose I'll have to accept they mystery. ☺️

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Apr 26, 2023Liked by Ramona Grigg

Another great story.

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Wow...a mystery indeed! While I am sorry you were lied to, I hope this incident fuels even more of your writing.

Back in my youth, I was lied to by 2 different women about who they were and their families. I lost a great deal due to their lies, and I've not forgotten them.

Sometimes, people suck. It's up to us as writers to make something useful from that suckiness.

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I love when the 'fact is stranger than fiction' thing is actually true. I enjoyed reading this and I'm gonna choose to think that there was no malice or pain and that she was just playing!

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This feels like one of those Netflix documentaries that just keeps unfolding with crazier and crazier twists every episode! Loved this, and I'm so curious to know the answers! 🌿

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I can't tell you how much my mystery-solving, google-sleuthing little heart wants to run down a few roads on your behalf. Ha! Delightfully intriguing story. Did you ever finish that novel?

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Your story certainly leaves me with a lot of questions.

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I guess my questions - for starters - would be -

1. was she trying to create the life she wanted rather than the life she had?

2. was there a mental health issue involved like a split personality or dissociative identity disorder?

3. did she think she wasn't good enough to be who she was?

4. What was she hiding and why?

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