The businessman lowered his head in shame.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Father,\u201d he muttered. \u201cBut this time it\u2019s worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
The priest rubbed his temples. \u201cWorse than the mayor\u2019s wife? Worse than the choir director? Worse than the woman who turned out to be your accountant?\u201d<\/p>\n
The businessman swallowed hard. \u201cMuch worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
A long silence filled the confessional booth.<\/p>\n
Finally, the priest asked, \u201cWho was she?\u201d<\/p>\n
The businessman whispered a name into the screen.<\/p>\n
The priest suddenly froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u2026\u201d he said slowly.<\/p>\n
The businessman nodded miserably. \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The priest flung open the confessional door. \u201cYou fool! That was my sister!\u201d<\/p>\n
The businessman blinked. \u201cWait\u2026 your sister?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes! She came to town yesterday for the fundraiser!\u201d<\/p>\n
The businessman\u2019s face turned pale. \u201cOh dear Lord\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, now you remember the Lord?\u201d the priest snapped.<\/p>\n
The businessman quickly added, \u201cFather, I swear I didn\u2019t know who she was!\u201d<\/p>\n
The priest paced back and forth furiously. \u201cShe said she met a charming, generous man. She thought you were respectable!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell\u2026 I am<\/em> generous,\u201d the businessman said weakly.<\/p>\n The priest pointed toward the church entrance. \u201cOut! And your donation this year just doubled.\u201d<\/p>\n The businessman sighed deeply. \u201cFine. I deserve that.\u201d<\/p>\n Then the priest narrowed his eyes. \u201cOne more thing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, Father?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you ever break my sister\u2019s heart\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n The businessman gulped.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026your funeral will be held in this church by Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The businessman lowered his head in shame. \u201cYes, Father,\u201d he muttered. \u201cBut this time it\u2019s worse.\u201d The priest rubbed his temples. \u201cWorse than the mayor\u2019s wife? Worse than the choir … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41919,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41917\/revisions\/41919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesaddairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}