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Roy had not had a great childhood after losing his dad at six. Then he found the delights of work. He thought that being a genius with computers was enough, but it wasn't. It seemed that people would use and exploit him; they made money, but he always missed out.Then he was forty five and at a crossroads in his life. He had little money, his boss disliked him and his girlfriend was leaving because he was "too nice". His prospects seemed limited until a chance encounter at his favourite hiking spot gave him other options. He should have a relationship with Rose, his new love, but her stalker seemed to be deciding their future, that would have to stop. His boss also liked Rose and thought it better if Roy worked somewhere else or not at all; that didn't seem fair. Roy could easily end up on the scrapheap contemplating suicide, like his good friend, Keith, who didn't just contemplate it. Do people really think your brain stops at fifty? So things would change, but would Roy feel bad about it? Did anyone feel guilt or was it something people spoke about when they were caught? Was it, indeed, just an illusion?