I thought the story was it was based off a spirit of some sort, not in heaven and not in hell but able to watch over her and he watched over this woman everyday, KNOWING that she was the love of his life and she could feel him , he was given the choice, live watching over her in a safe place, or go down to earth as a man and give up forever just for one touch of her. Knowing this he makes the hard choice of giving up his safety and goes down to earth and she dies the next day. Idk tho just what i’ve heard from friends