The Past attempts to pull me back

I got a call out of the blue tonight from Mrs. R. I hadn't called her or sent a Xmas card to her this year. After she snapped at Jess and I during the cleanout of mom's house, I cut her out.

She delivered a message to me from my bro telling me he had been fined and wasn't actually drunk in the second arrest. The blood tests proved it and he had shown her them. She gave me some line about how he was looking good and getting back into work. Then she dropped a few words about Uncle Dennis and the estate money from Uncle Darryll. She tried to press that it belongs to him and Dennis can't keep it from him.

The whole time I'm just saying OK, Yeah sounds good. Really non-committal stuff.

I told her he can just sue Dennis for the money. I think she finally caught the hint in my tone of voice. She ended the call and goodnight.

I called Jess just to get it off my chest. I had thought a few weeks back about the final check I need to mail out to him. I need to set up a trust fund for him, deposit the check into it and pay it all out. When I send the final check I was going to include a note telling him it's over, don't contact me. The family abuse ends now.

Jess agreed that he was trying to pull me back in, to get me to take mom's place and get involved on his behalf with the rest of the family. Why else would she drop the hints about Dennis?  Transparent.
He wants a replacement for mom. The wife must be a disappointment.

So I shook most of it off.  Good night's sleep should help as well. I've been free for months. It was only a matter of time before something would reach out and touch me again.

Adams called this afternoon while I was at the doctor's with Bri. She's got another ear infection. He gave her a stronger antibiotic and hopefully we'll whip it. I also got numbing drops for her ears. It seems to be helping. She's been really quiet tonight unlike the last two night where she woke coughing and crying every two hours or more often.

I'll call Adams back tomorrow and let him know about the indirect contact from my bro. I'll find out what they want as well. I'm hoping the taxes are done and just need to be signed. Probably some paperwork about the timeshares as well. I hope they called the donation place but odds are they didn't and I need to sign papers claiming them. Or better, my bro wants them and I need to sign the papers for that. I would love that. Get them off my hands.