My brother is having problems again. He's behind on his rent and says he's facing eviction. This happened last winter and my other brother and I helped him out. Billy set him up with an apartment and I lent him $550 to get in. I had no expectation of ever seeing the money again although he said he'd pay me back. He did not. Sunday he called and asked if I could lend him $2800 to keep from getting kicked out. I feel ill just thinking about it. Despite all the warnings telling me it was a bad idea, I agreed to help him. But then he asked I not tell anyone. He followed this up with some half-hearted lip service about going to AA, getting a job, etc. I knew he was lying to me. I went so far as to move money from my savings account before calling Billy and telling him what was going on. I'm not going to give him the money and told him as much yesterday. I don't know what he's going to do or if I made the right decision. I can't believe he put me in this position. But then I am not surprised at all. If it were less money. If he'd not asked me to keep quiet about it. If he had not lied to me I probably would have done it. But I just can't. I can't.