Hi Ali, if you met I hope it goes ok-ish. Sounds like he may not meet after all with th email. BUT and I have said this before, ask questions if you must BUT be ready for his answers! Honestly though I don't think you have much of a choice,You need some answers some closure. Can you get much lower than your feeling already? Can you "play" this in you head anymore than you are doing? I vote you do the lease thingy, then tell him your little speil about your feelings,maybe add that you have been very hurt by his lack of contact after so much. Then play it by his responses as to wether or not you ask your questions.
They all seem to suffer from poor health when they first leave and whilst you don't want to appear unsympathetic you also need to do the lease and end your imaginative speculations. Could you offer to go to his place and save him driving? Be strong and know what you want to say. Take care.