PLEASE I NEED ADVICE...i'm all out of answers

When I was 11 my mother remarried because her ex husband was verbally and emotioanlly abusive.... what she didn't know was that the man she was now marrying was physically and sexually abusive. Not towards her but towards her children. It started with my older sister and i didn't know it was happening, then one night a friend of our was over and he tried something with her.... she freaked and i sat the next day with my mom and told her... she talked to him.... his temper is terrible and scary...there always holes in the walls, doors off the hinges or things broken. So.. my mom talks to him. The number of times she has threatened to leave is beyond normal but they talk and by morning all is forgotten. It got worse for me as time went on i always felt pressured and uncomfortble with him, but never said anything. I got to a point in my life where i had no life b/c the rules were so strict. I would come home from school and cry myself to sleep every night. I counted down the days till i could move out since i was 14. When my sister mover out at 16 years old, all the pressure that was on 2 of us becvame all mine. My parents were not home 5 nights a week and i soon leanrt that it was my responsibility to raise my little brother who is 4 years younger than me. After spending my night helping him with homework and cleaning the house i'd get him to bed and then do mine and when they'd come home at 2 am drunk i'd make them dinner clean up and try to sleep before school tomorrow. My life was hell. Anytime I'd bring it to my mom's attention...they'd talk... I finally moved out in june of last year and my life since is wonderful! But i left hoping that my little brother would be okay. He's the boy, he had never had a problem with my step dad before and up till now he has been. I recieved a call last week from my little brother in tears b/c it's happening to him. Social services has been to my house 3 times in 6 years and can't do anything. I am only 18 even if i wanted to no court would grant me custody of him and my older sister who could take him, knows that my parents signed her loan papers for her new place so she is keeping her mouth shut. I don't want my brother in social services hands, and i know that he won't say a thing if i tell them. It'll be my word against my step dad's. I love my mother and it'll kill her. She has cancer so she can't work if my step dad goes to jail my mom won't survive. So i told my mom even though my little brother called me back 14 times in 2 hours to make me promise i woudn't tell. I told her, she talked to my little brother, then her and my step dad...talked. Thats all she ever does, she doesn't want to open her eyes, she pretends its not there. She wont speak or let us speak to my aunt or grandma b/c they tried to step in. She pretends she can't see it. I can't just pretebnd i don't see it. I went through it. Please someone anyone tell me what to do!!!!!!!!!!!! Please!

You are 18, you could absolutely petition the court for custody of your brother, the fact that they have had CAS called on them can be used as background. If you have your life together, a job or you are a full time student and you can accommodate him, you actually have a decent chance of winning, especially if your brother wants to go with you. He is 14, so the court will take what he says into consideration as well.

I know it must be hard for you, but for you to actually take the first step and ask for advice is really admirable.

First I want to know, do you live near your brother? And does your sister live near you as well?

Because if you do, you and your sisters could take in your brother (you taking him monday to wednesday, your sister taking him thursday to friday)...

You did say they don't come home five nights a week, so it'll be easier if you took your brother in, if you lived near your parents.

Another thing I would point out is to sit your aunt and grandma, and tell them your feelings and actually ask them for an intervention for your mother. If you want this to stop, you need to be strong and actually make an effort. Your mother sadly might have battered women's syndrome...

I suggest you speak with your aunt and your grandmother...But I ask you quickly remove your brother from that house, and let me temporarily stay with either you or one of your family members.