Consider the following text reference from the first paragraph where Kim describes her father's photograph: "I stared at my father's photograph -- his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right."
Choose the most appropriate denotative meaning of the word "peering" as it is used in the text.
a
to become friends with others
b
to come into view
c
to look narrowly or searchingly
d
to ignore completely