He came into the confessional box, not sure if it was even the right thing to do.
He picked up a hitch hiker who was deaf and mute (as the sign that hangs on his neck says) because it was raining hard and he did it out of pity. He normally does not pick up hitch hikers, but he didn't know what hit him this time. Being always on the road as a sales representative, he can almost call his car and the roads as his home.
The reason was probably he was lonely and devastated. He was in the process of divorcing his wife and was going through his toughest.
Because we all know that misery loves company, he began telling his story. He was confident that it will just be almost between him and himself since as I said, the guy he picked up was deaf and mute.
He came into confession because his wife and her lover were killed. He thinks he was guilty and after telling the priests what had happened or what he thought happened, the priest asked him to do this as his penance.
"Ten Our Fathers and ten Hail Marys."
But before he left the confessional, the priest asked him one last question, and his answer was, "Of course, I do."
As a self-imposed penance for what he thinks was a guilty answer, he added two more Our Fathers and two more Hail Marys.
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