I tried. I would have done a lot more. He has the right to have me leave him alone, which I will do. Getting reinvolved with him would just eventually go sideways. Anyone who gets involved with him finds that out. It's just a bit unerving. For years I've surmised that he went back to a place far from here. Ten years ago, he said he was leaving for another state. Now I find out he's been living 2 miles from me. It's a little creepy.

Years ago, a lawyer assigned to my brother advised me that I was wasting my time. He said my brother was headed for death in a dark alley someday. Odd thing for an attorney to say about a client. Not an unreasonable forecast, though, given how he lives and how he acts.