I do the same in most of my games, the other reason is that I know if I finished the game I won't go back to finished the side quests.
My fear in games is when I make a wrong dialogue that will give me a bad ending, I couldn't finish cyberpunk because I am afraid to make a wrong choice in the...
I was surprised too, i didn't remember that at all. I went back to read it again he/she is trapped for 3 months. Also his/her mother is an actual vampire!!! How did I forget all this!