Hearing his story had also given her a great idea for Hyde’s backstory. She needed a reason for her main character to have a split personality, she needed something to explain why Hyde existed, and seeing the death of a parent at such a young and impressionable age was exactly what she needed. She had a moment’s hesitation about using what she’d heard, but she justified it by telling herself that she wasn’t using Mason’s story, there was nothing remotely similar about him and Hyde ...