my boyfriend is serving in afghanistan right now. they are in a part that is not technologically advanced...but he got to call from a satellite phone today. and this was the number he called from. i almost didn't answer too! i'm so glad i did. we had a lot of trouble with it though. he had to call me back atleast 5 times because the connections were bad.
That's too bad that you hate your step brother that much. Get over it and stop being so bitter about it. No need to "hope" of bad treatment... Just let go and move on.