GENRE: Romance
LENGTH: 2,242 words
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In this humorous tale, Sam the devout Catholic somehow gets into bad scrapes without meaning to. Now he's done something which threatens to destroy not only his career but also his chances with a particularly lovely coworker. His only hope is to confess to his understanding priest and place himself in God's hands.

But God works in mysterious ways. With the priest's help, He's looking out for the hapless Sam.

EXCERPT:

"Bless me, Father, for I --"

"Sam, you were here yesterday!"

"That was before I really messed up."

"If it's about your streaking episode at the football club --"

"Hey! How do you know about that?!"

"Bad news travels, Sam, you know that. Just wanted to make it easier for you to tell me, that's all. Sorry. We'll just forget it, shall we?"

"I'd rather you did! Anyway, this latest thing is much worse!"