If you still like him, give him a chance?

You're still close to your teens. At least, give him a chance to explain his absence, it couldn't have been that long.

You can attempt to reconnect. I had the same experience with a friend who was close in late teens/early 20s and then disappeared. I ran into him in a store, after 3-4 years and he wanted to reconnect. It didn't really work out, and his wife told him that he was really rotten to cut me out like that, since her sister is friends with my cousin's wife's sister -- unknown until I ran into him and he wanted to reconnect.

Only do what you are comfortable with

Attempt to reconnect if you want to... or ignore him of you want to

Ignore him, you're not his puppet

i'd leave that bitch.