It's then that the idea hits him, takes seed. He brushes it off immediately, deeming it too crazy for even him to consider, and goes home to an empty flat. The flat has not changed much. Darren couldn't bear to leave even though almost everyone he knows told him he should. He moves through the rooms, looking at what's left of Tobias, and sinks into contemplation. Who else, if not for him, would Tobias Summer have spent the rest of his life with?

And gradually, over the course of a day or so, the idea starts to grow on him until finally he decides to do it.

Because Darren Maren believes in Tobias Summer and he'll do anything to prove it.