Up for some storytime?

Storytime!

So my (half, diff. mom) brother recently got back from China after teaching there for a year, and needed a place to stay while he figured things out. My mom actually paid for his flight back since Covid had driven up the prices exponentially (econ = 6k) and is letting him live at their house rent free. Dad is currently in Arizona so she is living alone with him as of current. (He did self-isolate for 2 weeks prior to this story)

My brother still has not told me this story but told my aunt. Allegedly what happened is he was sending business advice to his now ex-gf while he was in China. She established a business with a few of her friends, but he felt since he contributed with said advice, he was entitled to a cut of some sort, either through a buy-in or some sort of partnership. So they went to a restaurant with some of her business partners / friends and on the way, he tried to convince the other girls that he wanted in to some degree. They told him no and he got really pissed off.

So what ended up happening is they get to the restaurant, and because my brother is so pissed, while his then GF is in the washroom, decides to hit on the waitress, with the other people at the table...

So friends end up telling his ex, and they break up on the ride back to my Mom’s house.

So IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM of being told to fuck off basically, he steals my car (which is parked for the summer, no insurance and tires are low/flat, he was also told this) and follows her around town, then comes back after an hour, then keeps my keys in his room, intending to drive it again.

My mom checks the security cameras every night and noticed it leaving the garage, and called me crying and apologizing for his actions, stating it was her fault for not hiding the keys etc. Told her it’s not her issue, but his...

Now I still owe about 20k on that car, if he would have crashed it, I would have been royally screwed... There’s a bunch of other things that could have happened if he was caught but yeah.

I have not spoken to him since early August and I honestly don’t intend to until he comes clean as to why he did what he did... He’s a fully grown man and should know better, and should care a little more for other people’s things.

Tl;dr: Brother stole car to chase after his ex after he was being a twat, car had no insurance and could have been a great financial loss for me if he crashed / got caught.

Fp edit: Figured I’d clear the air about some things; the car does have insurance on it, but only Fire and Theft as this is all that is needed for a car that is parked.

My brother is seeking therapy and did “apologize “ via voicemail and text, but in no way did he admit to why he did what he did, claiming it was “an emergency “ and won’t go further than that.

I might make a part 2 of his antics, since he also stole a very big client from my oldest brother’s company by undercutting him and basically said “you snooze you lose”