As Nathen remembered, he had looked at Darlene at a close distance.
When Darlene was in a coma, he took the advantage of being Darlene's doctor to check her eyes and tongue. When he did that, he leaned down to her.
But they had never been so close as now. At such a distance, he felt that the tips of their noses were touching.
It was as if they were in a very intimate relationship.
He had never been a gentle and kind person. Darlene just did not remember him. Before he had disguised himself since several years ago, he had never had any friends or close relationships.
Being kind or easygoing had never been words to describe him. And Darlene would not think the previous Nathen and Nathen who he was now were the same person.
Darlene never knew that she had always been in his sight for years, while she had not even noticed his existence.