How could I not have noticed this wonderful story then? Really excellent.I think that was the 'crux' of the story, a man ignoring the cruelties of the world until it hit him where and when he least expected it, in the emotional/love? department. Then it changed his life. And made him think outside his own needs.
Thank you all for the kind words, I feel a little emotionally drained myself now it's finished; a big blank space in my brain where I hope the next story will evolve.