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Reece motioned and I opened my confession. My heart thudded instantly as I recognized the handwriting. It was mine! I had gotten my own confession. My hands began to shake as it was all messed up. It would be obvious because it would sound too natural. I cleared my throat and glanced at everyone before reading. “Every time I pray with all my heart that Reece and Kaden would suddenly have their legs broken and amputated and lay on a hospital bed so they won’t be able to move.” I read, trying to sound monotone and I could see people folding their lips, trying not to laugh. The confession was funny in itself but laughing was like invoking the wrath of Reece and Kaden, and from the way they star

Tonight the church is empty and I’m sitting in his confession booth with my heart in my throat and my underwear already wet. The wood smells like incense and furniture polish, and when he settles on his side of the screen I hear his breathing change because he knows it’s me before I say a word. “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.” “How long since your last confession?” His voice is tight, careful, the way you handle something that might break if you hold it wrong. I give him the easy sins first because I want him comfortable. Missed mass, took the Lord’s name in vain, never visited my grandmother enough.

He merely thought it was a waste of money when he assumed it was my mother who got into an accident. He never expected his own mother to be the one who got injured. Zachary was overwhelmed with regret. Not only did he regret not trusting me and giving me the money I asked for, but he also regretted believing Gigi and getting her acquitted.

" I kept my head lowered. For some reason, the Kevin in front of me suddenly felt childish. This was a man who had always been ruthless. When had he started feeling afraid? He rarely showed emotion in front of others. Even after ten years by his side, I still had to carefully guess his thoughts. I was always afraid that the slightest dissatisfaction would cost me or my parents our lives. I deliberately let a trace of fear slip into my voice. "I haven't been here long. I don't even know if some of them belong to the family. "I can't answer a question like that."

His expression was hardened, but the light in his eyes was strong. "Well, I am confident enough that I could hold out even for a few minutes…" he replied. "That doesn't sound very assuring…" I said. "It doesn't need to be, just do your job and everything will surely work out fine. Whether that means our death or not." Despite his condescending nature, there is no doubt that he has a strong conviction to what he believes in. "I guess, I'll just decide what to do when the time comes…" * * *

I felt something tighten behind my ribs. Amber, when asked, said nearly the same thing in different words. By the time the questioning moved back to me directly, the board already had its shape of the story,.“Ms. Ross,” the Dean said. “Did you write the script used in the confession recording?” I considered lying. I had considered it for two weeks, rehearsed several versions of denial in my head, and every single one of them collapsed the moment I looked at the folder of evidence sitting in front of him.

I stared at the dark crystal screen, then placed three things upon the altar. A copy of the blood scroll, proof of his priority. The hidden miscarriage report I’d never shown him, proof of how his neglect killed our child. And the recording crystal of my call with Isabella, proof of the entire, twisted truth. With that done, I spread my arms wide, bathing in the holy light that cut through the darkness. I closed my eyes and whispered my confession. “I confess… that I fell in love with a lie.” “I confess… all the hope I held because of him, a hope that should never have existed.”

“You left it in the confessional.” My stomach twisted. “You wrote about her,” he added. “About the dreams. The temptation. You documented your fall.” Arthur’s jaw clenched. “I wrote to purge. Not to confess.” “But you did confess,” Michaels said darkly. “And now it’s out of your hands.” With that, he turned and walked toward the chapel doors. Arthur lunged forward, grabbing his arm. “You can’t—” “I can,” Michaels said coldly. “And I will. The bishop will hear of this. You’re finished.”

After the first thirty minutes of forced pleasantries and blessings, I retreated into the confessional to listen to people confess to cheating on their partners and stealing from their employers. And those were the lighter sins. They all confessed the same things every week, not bothering to change and not bothering to repent. Just rinse and repeat. Sin and confess. Sin and confess. It was almost laughable if it wasn’t literal torture for me. People acted holier-than-thou in public, but in private, they carried the filthiest secrets and hatred towards one another. But of all the confessions I’d heard since arriving here, none unsettled me the way Arya’s had.