My Brother's Act

August de Richelieu
Going by the look of things, my elder brother happened to be someone who felt for only himself. He can never, for once, have human feelings besides what he thought is right. He only does what his mind tells him and can never listen to anyone, no matter what.

My dad would say, “What kind of child are you that does not listen to anyone and not even advice?”.

He is two years older than I am. I'm the opposite of him, and everything in him is just the opposite of who I am. I always take advice and always listen to what people are telling me. Although, following your mind sometimes is the best. I have my differences, as each individual has one character which is quite different from the other.

We were given some tangible amount to share among my siblings. The money was given to me and the elder had to decide on how to share the money. This was the reason I decided to call him and asked him to divide the money according to each doorstep. My dad married six wives who must share in this said money. Going by tradition, no one would be exempted from sharing such money because it is family money. My elder brother told me one evening “Send me part of the money as I'm the elder, or, share it among the two of us and leave others behind”.
Immediately, I told my elder brother “I can't be part of that story as money like this can cause setbacks in one's future. We need to share this money accordingly”.

After some time, he began to say something which was just not good for the hearing. At a time he said, “Others will not be aware of this money, let's just share it and forget others, it's the right thing to do”. He was being so serious and ready to do anything possible just to get this money shared.

“Life can always bounce back so hard on someone who can do something so awkward, similar to this one you are trying to do. I think you should count me out”, I said with all seriousness.

“So, you want to share this money equally, right? So, you are not ready to do as I say, right? No problem just do your mind, and I'm going to do something you will never like to you", these were heavy words he said to me. I was not ready to listen to his words just to dance me Into his court. I'm not so daft to that extent just to stoop so low to accept his unwanted plea. Likewise, I switched off my phone to avoid his calls. Within a few minutes, he called my wife and asked her to pass the phone to me. I was not ready to, but somehow I managed to answer his call.
“So, you decided to switch off your line, so I will not, right? I have told you what I will do”. Again, I aborted his call and told my wife to tell him I had gone out, which she did.

After four days, I got the money shared among my siblings. Everyone was so happy to have received some amount from our late father's handiwork.

They were all sending messages of gratitude to me and I reolied to them “Please, it's the idea of our elder brother. You guys need to call him, and thank him for his effort”.

The next day, I saw my elder brother's missed call. I was not ready to call him back, but after much thought, I decided to call him back. He said, “Thank you”. Ah… what have I done to deserve this gratitude? I asked myself.
I replied to him, “I don't get you, bros”.
“I'm just thanking you for not letting us share the money alone. You have done your best. I later saw reasons why you were depriving me of sharing the money without others”, he said all these words to me.

“Alright bros, I'm just following what is best for us all”, I said.