That's a good example of perjuring yourself for a much more important outcome than the sacrifice you made- and you're probably right, your little brother may have taken a much worse turn had he taken the rap.
Spend a little more time in proofreading to make your post even more excellent- I'm becoming convinced a lot of bad translations may be due just to mis-spellings that change the word completely (other than the old your-yore-you're, too-two, do-due kind of thing). I know (I do it myself) you've spent a lot of time on this post, but mistakes creep in- but you can always catch more when you proof it yet another time. The Preview panel is definitely a huge help.