My brother is a C

My brother has always been a little weird. Not the weird-awkward, or clumsy-awkward. He was always pretty popular and sporty. It was more his mean streak that made him weird. From the time I was 9 til I was about 14 (when he finally moved away) he used to make me write lines for every pedantic thing that annoyed him that day and banned me from watching any TV. My parents let him go with it. Yes, my parents are weird too but there's too much going on with them I can't even begin to write about.

So the past few years I've seen him maybe 4 times. On one of those occasions was my other brother's WEDDING DAY. He called me up 15 minutes before the ceremony to tell me to tell my other brother and my parents that he decided to go to work instead and not to the wedding. Even if he was working, his building was 2 minutes from where the wedding was. I couldn't believe it.

Oh the other thing about weddings is that he returned from a trip to Korea with who we thought was his then girlfriend. A month later, he casually goes "oh, so do you want to see my wedding photos from when we got married in Korea?" Mum and dad were furious because they would have loved to have gone to the wedding. Seriously who does that?

My mum worries about us all. And the rest of us visit every few weeks. She calls us if she is in a frantic worrying way, we talk for a few minutes and then it's all good. She calls him every month or so and he never picks up and then she gets freaked and I have to email him to call her. About 6 months ago he told her he'd changed his number, so mum asks him for the new number and he refuses to give it to her. I know... WHO DOES THAT??

I know my parents are hard to deal with sometimes but these days they don't ask for much or demand as much as they used to. Yes, the occasional lecture comes in but they don't go for nearly as long as they used to either. These stupid games or whatever he's playing are ridiculous.

For the past 8 months, he has avoided mum and dad's calls. If on the occasion someone actually picks up, it's his wife saying he's just popped out or his phone died or he's at work. Sometimes mum would ask to drop by when she was in town shopping but you guessed it "He's at work." Usually the excuse is "He's at work". I for one think it is such bullshit. He was never that conscientious ever before.

A couple of weeks ago, we emailed him to come visit grandpa in hospital because he was pretty ill. No replies, no answers to calls. After grandpa passed away, we emailed and called again. Still nothing. At this stage I just though my brother died and forgot to tell us...

A week after this, he finally replies that he moved to Hong Kong 6 months ago and he won't be coming to the funeral. That's it. That's all he says in his shitty email. What. The. Fuck.

So all these games they are playing, when his wife said he just popped out and won't be back from work til late blah blah blah. It was all blatant lies. And it really makes me wonder what the fuck his secret is.