Regina hated that no one in Storybrooke understood her pain. No one in the town understood what it was to lose that one who meant everything to you. Mr. Gold – Rumplestiltskin – would, but he didn't have his memories, and his getting them back was not something Regina was willing to sacrifice just so that her misery could have some company.
But she did have a small salve for her pain. When she thought of Daniel too often, she would go down into the asylum and peek in on Rumple's girl; she always looked miserable enough for the both of them.