Meanwhile, I don't have much contact with either brother. My younger brother tried to contact me a few times, but I basically kept it short and maybe not too sweet. When my older brother was on "substances", he would not come to work. He literally didn't come to work for years, at least 1-2 years. Just laying up at home, doing stuff, staying out all night, and sleeping all day. When we cut him off of the money (he was drawing between $3,000-5,000 per week out of the business, unbeknownst to my other brother), and spending it all on drugs. To be more specific, spending it on crack or whatever it is now with vaping etc.
We had to get a lawyer involved, and fire him from the business. Long story short, my mom had to buy his home, he was going to lose it to the bank/ex wife. I arranged it, but I had it put in her name. When he didn't have access to the money, he tried to get back involved in the business. My younger brother wouldn't stop him, and slowly he wormed his way back in and then when we went to finalize the new business I guess he conned the YB that he was changed or whatever. I told my YB that I refused to ever be in business with the OB. So that ended our business relationship and our personal relationship.
Well, I go by his house often, and guess what, he's home a lot during the day. During work hours. 9-11 in the morning, 12 PM, 2-3 PM. He's home. I hear from their employees (they still call me, several have asked me for a job) that he doesn't work, barely shows up, etc. So I feel somewhat vindicated that I was doing the right thing. And I'm glad that we are doing well in our business, but if I'm honest 2022 was one of the worst years of my life, and I'm not sure if I'll ever have any sort of a relationship with my YB ever again, which sucks because my boys adored him. Heck, they even liked my OB, who at times can be personable and a good guy even with all his problems. But he's got a bi-polar thingy, where one day he's the best guy ever, and the next he's the dark supervillan.