The betrayed brother (#175).
We grew up without our parents, I was the eldest of all my siblings, I ended that determination for schooling.
Our dad passed away before Joe was born, Joe was the last born in the family, and our mother became a poor widow (last hope).
We were five (5) in number and all of us were boys, It was a very tough burden for that poor widow (mother).
I feel sorry for my mom every time I see her suffering, she goes through a lot just to take care of boys (not easy).
I was twelve (12) years old by then I made the hardest decision in my life, the decision you might not wish to take in life anyone.
I felt Mother's pain taking care of five (5) boys and she is a widow so I dropped out of school even though my mother was not in support of it.
When my younger brother (Joe) was five (5) years old we lost the only sweet mother we loved so much.
But before she passed away, she thought us to always be there for each other no matter what it takes because unity is strengthened.
When our mother died we became the five (5) orphan boys, then I became the head of the family, and the struggle continued (suffering).
Due to more responsibility, my younger brother the second born in the family (John) has to drop out of school so we can support our younger ones.
We both did our very best to send our three junior brothers to one of the best schools, even though it was very difficult we achieved our parent's dreams.
God was so good to us, as we were working hard to support them, they were doing very well in school too.
They all came out with (Division 2) except the last-born Joe who came out with (Division 1) and received so many awards.
Joe has been a very brilliant boy since he was a kid, he always takes his studies very seriously.
After their studies, they were all blessed with good jobs, we thank God for great achievements, seeing my brothers achieve their dreams.
The journey was very long but we are grateful to God that they accomplished it with greatness (happy we are).
Joe was not just brilliant he was also a lucky boy, he got the best job among the three of my younger brothers.
They all made promises to us that they would always listen to us as their parents, and they vowed never to disobey us (happy family).
Two years after they got a job John and I advised them to invest their money, the two agreed but (Joe) insisted on getting married.
Marriage was fine but he was very young to get married, he was not mature enough for that but he went on and married.
After getting married, he stopped attending family meetings and stopped contributing monthly to the family account as usual.
The worst he did was to stop us, his brothers not going to his house without an invitation (unbelievable Joe).
Joe only focuses on his wife and his wife's family, whatever she says to him is what he is going to do as if he is under a spill.
Years gone, he lost his job, and no chance for him, his wife called for a divorce, and they separated at last, he left alone.
He later found us asking for forgiveness, my two younger brothers did not want to accept him into the family anymore.
But John and I had to sit them down and tell them why we needed to accept him, after they reason out with us and embraced him again.
Learn to respect the decision made by the people that sacrifice for us, they always want the best for us.
Thanks for reading.