I murmured, my vision blurry and my body feeling like somebody had beaten me with a bat after my ringing phone woke me up. It was 2:30 am. God, who is it now? It was an unfamiliar number.
“Hello,” I said, groggily.
“Hey, brotherman.”
“Alex?”
“Yeah, sorry to call you so late, but I’m gonna need your help.”
“With what? Where are you?”
“Jail.”
I rub my eyes. “Where?”
“Oxford station.”
“All right. I’m on my way.”
I get out of bed and then put on my jeans. “Where you going?” asked Nicole.
“I have to go bail out Alex.”
“Again? What did he do this time?”
“I don’t know.”
After getting dressed, I took a few thousand dollars out of the safe. I wasn’t certain how much bail would be so I had to make sure I had enough.
On my way to the station, I yawned. My bones hurt for some reason. It’s probably because of the training. Sometimes I forget that I’m no longer 25 years old. Forty isn’t old, but I guess the two decades of lifting heavy weights have taken a toll on my body. I would’ve killed to be in bed at that moment.
At the station, a police officer escorted me to Alex’s holding cell.
He smiled and grabbed the bars as I approached. “Brotherman, it’s so good to see you.”
“What happened?”
“I ended up partying a bit too hard.”
“The police told me they arrested you for drunken driving and possession of cocaine.”
“Yeah, well, you know how it goes.”
“No, I don’t.”
Silence ensued as I looked at him, disappointed. He rested his forehead on the bars and looked down. I really hoped that he had learnt his lesson.
“Are we getting out of here?” asked Alex.
“Alex, you were swerving while driving, and you had a passenger. What if the two of you were in an accident and she died? Did you think of that? Do you ever think of stuff like that?”
“Come on, brotherman. Give me a break. We were having fun. She got a bit giggly, and she ended up reaching for my pants and gave me a blowjob. I mean, you can’t blame me for giving her the go-ahead. Which guy would object? I was enjoying myself, and I closed my eyes for a second and then swerved in the lane a bit.”
“And the drugs?”
“We got it at a party and decided to take some home to enjoy.”
“These are serious charges against you. You can end up behind bars for a few years.”
“I made a mistake. Please, get me out of this. Just give the cops some money, and they’ll get rid of the docket.”
“You know I don’t like doing that.”
“For me, please?”
Outside the station, Alex threw his arms around me and squeezed me hard. He grabbed my head and kissed my cheek. “I don’t know what I’d do with you,” he said.
He would never have to find out. I’ll always be there for him. I didn’t want to tell him that because he’d abuse that privilege.
I got home at five in the morning and found Nicole rocking the baby. He usually wakes up at that time. After feeding our son, Nicole cooked.
She usually ate later. I figured that she was stressed, and she was comfort eating.
“What’s going on?” I asked, watching her dig into the bowl while sitting on the high chair at the island.
“Nothing. Am I not allowed to eat?” she asked, avoiding eye contact.
Something was definitely wrong. “I know you’re upset about the Alex incident, but I had to go help him. He’s my brother.” She continued to eat. That’s when I knew that she was really upset. She was holding back from saying something vicious. “He said that was the last time. I’m sure everything will be fine from now.”
Nicole still avoided eye contact with me. She didn’t believe me. I’m not sure that I believed it. I hoped that it would be true.
I knew that she had gotten fed up with me for bailing Alex out of everything. When the loan shark almost beat him to a bloody pulp because he couldn’t pay them back for loaning money to buy coke, I paid his debt. Whenever a police officer needed a tip for not handing Alex’s case to a judge, I handed him a couple of hundred dollars.
Besides me spending our money on Alex, Nicole was frustrated that Alex always needed help at the most awkward times, and I would go running immediately.
He got into trouble while we were at Jessica’s christening, the daughter of Nicole’s sister. Another time, we were on a road trip and I had to turn back to attend to him.
I can understand her frustration, but Alex is the only family I had after our parents died in a car accident. We had only each other, and I would’ve died for him. Although he’s one hour older than me, I always had to play the big brother role.
At school, when I had only a few dollars to buy lunch, I bought him a big burger and watched him eat while my stomach growled.
After we graduated, I worked at his job on my off day when he didn’t feel like going in. His boss couldn’t tell the difference between us.
During his relationship with Blaire, I had to join them in the bedroom. Blaire was the only woman Alex loved. To the naked eye, she seemed like a lovely person. She smiled often, spoke softly and seemed sweet.
Those who knew her well would say that she was a narcissist who only thought about herself. She also had a big ego. That’s the reason she wanted Alex and me to pleasure her. She mentioned to him that she wanted me to join them, and he would’ve done anything to please her. And, of course, I agreed because he asked me.
Blaire was not a giver. I didn’t even get a blow job from her. Neither did Alex. She wanted the evening to be about spoiling her. We had to kiss her feet and hands, tell her how beautiful she was and that she deserved only the best. I’m not kidding. The intimacy that I had to share with them felt like a badly written porn script.
She was hot. I’ll give her that. My brother always chose the hot ones. Maybe he should’ve chosen the good ones.
While she lay on her back and Alex stood in front of the bed and banged her while nibbling on her toes, I kneeled beside the bed and sucked her tits. Her tits were round, firm and bulging, and the nipples were like beans. I must admit that I enjoyed sucking her tits but found the intimacy to be awkward. I really didn’t want to be there.
After Alex banged her for about fifteen minutes, she flipped over onto her hands and knees and instructed me to give her from behind. I felt so stupid when I asked Alex if he minded.
At first, I thrust slowly. For some strange reason, I felt it was less gruesome than banging her hard. But she insisted on me giving it to her hard. I looked at Alex, and he nodded.
I grabbed her shoulders and swung my hips fast. She screamed and demanded that I spank her. I smacked her ass several times with the left hand while pulling her hair with the right hand.
Surprisingly, she had a tight pussy. I thought that she would’ve been loose after all the dicks that she had been through.
The most uncomfortable part was when she insisted that we give it to her at the same time. I didn’t understand what she meant.
Alex lay on the bed, and she sat on top of him. She told me to get on my knees behind her and stick my dick into her ass. Oh, man. That was so awkward. I wanted to get the hell out of there. But I had gone too far. I never should’ve agreed to her stupid idea in the first place.
She pressed her hands on Alex’s chest and leaned forward while he drilled her pussy and I tore up her ass. Blaire screamed loudly, like the pain was overpowering her pleasure. She insisted that we continue.
The stupid bitch didn’t even let us cum on her face. The only reason I wanted to do that was to degrade her. One would think that getting everything she wanted from Alex would make her appreciative of having an amazing man.
After she cheated on him, he was devastated, and he swore that he would never fall in love again.
Telling that story to Nicole was one of the most awkward and embarrassing things I had to do because she is the only woman I’ve ever loved. She wanted to know everything about me before we got married, and I didn’t want to start our relationship on half-truths.
On the last Saturday in October, Nicole and I celebrated our tenth anniversary. Her parents looked after our son, so we planned to take full advantage of that.
I took her to her favourite restaurant and surprised her with a diamond necklace after the meal. She loved it. Seeing her happy made me happy.
At home, we undressed each other quickly and made our way to the bedroom while I ravaged her neck and chest. My wife also had great tits. Not as nice as Blaire’s, to be completely frank, but I enjoyed sucking them.
As we crashed onto the bed, my phone rang. My gut told me it was Alex. I stopped kissing Nicole. She cupped my face and told me to continue. She stared at me for a few seconds and realised what I was thinking.
I got off her and checked my phone. While I got dressed, Nicole got out of bed and headed for the door. I grabbed her arm, and she pulled it away.
“I’m sick of this, Matt.”
“He’s my brother, Nicole. I’m the only family he’s got.”
“Your brother is a 40-year-old man who acts like a teenager. He doesn’t take responsibility for anything. And every time he digs himself into a hole, you go rushing off to help him. I don’t know if you noticed, Matt, but you’ve got a family of your own. He shouldn’t be more important than us.”
“All of you are important to me. I have to go help him.”
“While abandoning us? When are you going to put your wife and child ahead of him?”
“The two of you mean the world to me. Please, understand.”
“I understand that you’ll attend to him whenever he wants and disregard whatever I say about him,” said Nicole before walking out of the bedroom.
After speaking to Alex at the police station, I went back home. Nicole was watching a movie in the lounge when I walked in. I felt terrible because I should’ve been making love to my wife and attending to her.
She kept looking at the TV while I looked at her and stroked her hair.
“How much did you pay the police this time to get your brother out of the mess he created?” she asked.
“Nothing.”
“Oh, how nice for Alex. Not only does he interrupt his brother’s ten-year anniversary, but he gets away scot-free.”
“He’s in jail.” Nicole looked at me. I added, “I didn’t bail him out.”
“Have the police become so rich from all the money you’ve given them that they wouldn’t accept any more?”
I snorted a laugh. “No, I didn’t give them any money. I told Alex that it was time for him to become a man.” Nicole’s eyes widened, and her lips parted. “I told him that I’d always love him and he would be my brother for life, but it was time for him to take responsibility for his actions.”
“What did he say?”
At first, he thought I was joking. When he realised I wasn’t, he became angry. He stepped away from the bars and sat on the bench. I walked out.
“What now?”
“Now, I hope that he comes to his senses.”
“Are you worried that something will happen to him?”
“I am, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to forgive myself if it does.”
Nicole put her arms around me and said, “My love, you can’t hold his hand for the rest of his life. Let him learn from his mistakes. It’s the only way he’s going to get better.”
I nodded, and Nicole kissed me before resting her head on my shoulder.
Two months later, Alex called me. “Hey, brotherman. Have you forgotten about your big brother?”
“Of course not. I wanted to give you some time to work through your stuff before we spoke. How you feeling?”
“Better now. I was so pissed off with you that I thought I’d never speak to you again. But once I thought about what you did, I understood your actions.”
“I’m glad to hear that.”
“You’ll be pleased to know that I’ve been attending alcohol and drug anonymous meetings.”
“I’m proud of you, Alex. How is it going?”
“Good. I haven’t touched either since I started, and I’m going to try my best to stay sober. But I’m going to need your help.”
“Of course. I’ll always be there for you. You’re my brother. I love you.”
“I love you, too, brotherman.”
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