Is his brother jealous?

[LoveLace]

I'll keep this short as I can but it might be hard...I am feeling really aggravated right now.

 

I am friends with a family that runs a restaurant. I go back many years with the 2 brothers...one of which I casually dated a few yrs. ago. Up until recently he'd still hit on me, but I haven't been interested. In fact he has a girlfriend but he's a big cheater. Anyway, his older brother is recently divorced (almost a year ago now). I ran into him recently and I guess knowing he's single now made me realize how cute he is. So we flirted and he invited me to a concert they would all be going to (a month ago-the concert was last night). I didn't see him again until the concert last night. He was instantly right by my side the whole night as if we were there together. Their sister and other friends attended also.

 

However, let's call him Joe, was married to his Ex many years and have kids together. She's a nice woman that everyone's always liked. I met her a few times in the past and I could always tell they were a tight knit family with her. Their divorce was civil and there's no drama. Anyway, after the concert it was make out city with Joe. We spent the night (totally attacked each other) and part of today together. I had to drop him off at the restaurant this morning. He mentioned his mom and sister being there on the way, but I didn't sense much concern about it from him.

 

So his brother saw me drop Joe off, but we weren't trying to hide anything from him. Before getting out of the car, Joe invited me to another family outing later that night and kissed me. We said we'd call each other later.

 

Driving home, I noticed Joe left his lap top in my car. I called his voice mail asking if he needed me to return it right away, or if it could wait until later. He didn't call back so I don't know what happened there.

 

I figured I would just run home, shower, and take the lap top back, especially if we were going to be hanging out again anyway. Figured I'd grab lunch while there. So I went with the lap top and while having lunch, Joe's brother called me and said to leave it in my car...told him I'd already brought it inside with me. So then he gives me a spiel that we can't have mom and sister knowing that Joe and I got together...and now I've screwed it all up, kept saying I screwed up...yes the mom was there, but I don't think she recognized me...I don't know. The sister, who went to the concert too, was not there at the restaurant when I was. He said him and Joe would be back at the restaurant in 20 minutes.

 

But I felt so stupid after being chewed out by Joe's brother, and not knowing what the mother was thinking at the time. The Ex wife is still very much part of the family, so I guess that Joe having a gal around is not something they could take well. Perhaps it would be bad for it to get around to her. So I ate my lunch, told an employee to make sure Joe gets his lap top, and I got the heck out of there.

 

I was really hacked off about Joe's brother doing this to me. I texted him that I didn't stay because he made me feel stupid and he did not apologize. Later I asked him if everything's cool, and all he said was yes.

 

I left a voice mail with Joe that I hope he got his lap top and sorry about...whatever I'm supposed to be sorry about. I texted that I can't go out tonight but I want to again sometime. He hasn't responded to any of this.

 

I don't even know if he's aware that his brother called me. And now I'm wondering, is he ticked that I showed up with the lap top and potentially give mom and sis a bad idea? I mean come on, I was doing a nice thing by returning it, as I knew he needed it that day. And he never called me back HIMSELF to tell me what to do with it. Like I said, Joe never really showed concern about the family knowing earlier, plus he invited me out again; so I'm confused about who's ticked at who. I don't know if Joe's brother is just acting like a d**k because he's always liked me, or what. I don't know if Joe is mad at me for leaving the lap top there and taking off today. But we like each other and if he's not worried about what his family thinks, than neither am I. And, if the family is truly that upset to see him with a new woman after a year of divorce, the poor guy might never be able to move on, sheesh.

 

So did the brother screw this all up for me or what?