Confronting your older brother in the family group chat a...

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1. Jake, why were you pawning Dad's wedding ring on your livestream?
2. What? No way that happened, stop sending screenshots.
3. There's a clip, 2:13 mark, you hand the ring's box.
4. I watched it, the engraving is visible, it's Dad's ring.
5. It's not his ring, it's a replica, I swear.
6. Dad's ring has 'M.' engraving, you showed that exact mark.
7. I gave the money to Sarah because she needed it.
8. Sarah? You gave our dad's ring money to your girlfriend?
9. She's pregnant, she needed an ultrasound payment yesterday.
10. Pregnant?
11. Yes, and she panicked, I panicked, I did it.
12. You panicked and pawned our father's wedding band?
13. Father's Day is in three days, Dad expects that ring.
14. I was going to buy it back before Father's Day.
15. Pawn shops don't hold items for weeks, Jake, you know that.
16. There's a receipt screenshot with the pawnshop name already online.
17. Who posted that, seriously, who's leaking this to strangers?
18. Someone clipped the livestream chat and posted to Instagram stories.
19. Mom already saw it, she texted 'What did Jake do?'
20. Don't call Dad, please, not yet.
21. We can't hide this, he deserves to know before Father's Day.
22. If he finds out from strangers he'll be humiliated, please.
23. Then tell him now, or we'll call and tell him ourselves.
24. Okay, okay, I talked to Sarah, she says she can return it.
25. Return it how? Pawn shop ownership transfer is complex.
26. She messaged a video of the ring at her place.
27. Send that video now or I'll forward clips to Dad.
28. I deleted the video, I thought I could fix this privately.
29. You deleted proof and the pawnbroker receipt exists, Jake.
30. This is worse than I thought; Dad is calling now.