My brother invited me out for coffee and said he needed to talk about something important. I thought it must be something serious – maybe a move, an illness, a divorce. He started nervously:
“You know how much I’ve always cared about you. You’re like a friend to me. And I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t really important…” Ten minutes later, I was stunned when he said…he wanted me to buy a PS5 on installment – for him, under my name.
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