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- Alright! - Yeah.
They wanted me to go for a drink with them and I said
'No, I promised my daughter I'd go home and have lunch with her.'
Can I ask you something?
Yeah, course.
You know when you've done something wrong?
The best thing to do is admit it and say sorry, right?
Yes.
And that means you're saying sorry to God
and to the person that you did wrong to?
Well I suppose so, yeah.
But do you still think you should own up, even if what you did was a long time ago?
I don't see why not.
So, is there something that you're trying to say sorry for?
Is that what you're telling me?
No.
I just...
I just wondered what you thought.
Well, I mean, nevermind God...
well I don't mean 'nevermind God', I mean, nevermind the religious aspect.
You often find that if you own up to something, that you feel a lot better.
It's like a weight off your shoulders.
Anyway, cheese on toast?
Yeah.
Hello, love!
Rita?
I've got something to tell you, and I don't really know where to start.
Well, just take it easy. It can't be that bad.
No, Rita. It is.
Well why don't you just try saying it?
I find that's usually the best method.
Ey! Look, is this something you'd rather tell me, privately?
Well, yeah.
Well, no! No, because...
because that means that I'm still trying to hide it.
So, no. Norris is right.
I should just say it.
When I used to go to Junior School
and I used to come in some mornings... well most mornings actually but...
I used to, um,
steal things.
Sweets mainly.
And, I'm sorry. And I know it's wrong.
And that's why I've come here,
to see if you, and Norris too, will find it in your hearts to forgive me.
You sit yourself down there.
See, we can talk properly here.
Well you never know who's going to come in when it's a shop.
Rita, I'm so sorry.
I knew I shouldn't have done it.
Oh now, come on.
Don't upset yourself.
Oh, you must think I'm terrible.
I don't. I think you're very brave, coming to tell us like that,
and I don't think you're the only one who has helped themselves when they shouldn't.
It doesn't make it right though, does it?
No, no it doesn't.
But if they all came in to own up, we'd have a queue half way down the street.
So, I'm glad you've told me.
And do we forgive you?
Yes, we do.
And I'm speaking for Norris as well as myself because I know that's the way he's thinking.
- I don't think he is. - No?
Oh well, we'll ignore him.
Is this going to church that's made you want to own up?
Oh, Rita. It's just like, God, he jus...
he just wants you to be honest with everybody and not just him.
Well,
and you can tell him, I think he's right.
- Hiya! - Hi, love.
Did you have a good time?
Yeah, um, we just played table tennis and stuff really.
And, I told Dom how I confessed everything to Rita and he said, 'Well done!'
Confessed what?
Oh, I didn't tell you, did I?
Um,
before, I went in the Kabin
and told Rita and Norris about how I used to pinch sweets on my way to school.
No!
Yeah.
Why?
Because it's true!
And when I asked you, you said I should get things off my conscience!
Yeah, but I didn't know what you were talking about!
That's stealing!
I mean, Sophie, that is a criminal offence!
Yeah, but it's also an offence in the eyes of God, which is more important.
Well, what did Rita say?
She was dead nice about it.
She just said I could serve my penance by working in the Kabin,
and I'm not to worry.
Well you might not, but what about me? I'll never be able to look Rita in the eye again!
You didn't think of that, did you?
How you, branding yourself as a shoplifter, reflects on the rest of your family!
No, I didn't. I thought what I was doing was right.
Yeah well what's right isn't always what's best,
and you should be old enough to know that.
Oh, I'm going upstairs.
Well, I hope you're not going to be doing this confessing to anybody else?
I mean, you didn't go shoplifting at Dev's shop, did you?