Long story but to summarise, my Mum (80) has been in hospital for 10 days after a planned operation. I and one of my brothers have been looking after things for her as my Dad is in a care home (dementia).
Other brother flew to Italy on holiday 3 days after my Mum was admitted. This isn't an issue - their holiday was booked for months and couldn't easily be changed. However, my Mum's op ended up being v complicated with lots of side effects and she has had to stay in hospital a lot longer than anticipated. I travelled up there with my 2 DDs for a week to visit her etc and stayed in her house (250 miles away from where we live). All fine. Non-holidaying brother has also been helping out. I've now had to come home but will go back and forth up there as much as possible over the coming weeks to do what I can.
My issue is, yesterday I get a call from holiday brother - our first contact with him since the op. He tried to tell me he hadn't been able to call before then as their mobile provider messed them around with their international minutes, plus the apartment they're in doesn't have a land line.
Personally, I call bullshit and think his behaviour is very U. He has a history of putting his own parents' needs after those of his wife's family but honestly, this seems very dodgy to me. My question is therefore AIBU not to believe him and to think that during 6 days in Europe he should have made it a priority to find a pay phone?