00:16Father Pavel, can I talk to you for a little bit?
00:20Yes, of course. What's wrong, Henry?
00:26Father Pavel, I did something wrong.
00:28And I don't know how to tell you.
00:31You came to the right place, Henry. This is a safe space.
00:35I'm glad that you're here. Whatever it is that you want to tell me, you can share it.
00:40Thank you, Father. I feel a little bit calmer just talking to you.
00:47I cheated on my wife.
00:51Henry, how did this happen? I mean, you've always seemed like a man who loves his wife deeply,
00:56who would never do something like this.
00:58No, I know. I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't have done this.
01:04What went wrong, Henry? What led you to this?
01:08You can take your time, but I'm here to listen.
01:10OK, if you want my advice, if you want to fully unburden yourself, then just tell me the whole story.
01:17OK, there was this co-worker. And after our shift, she invited me out for drinks.
01:22And it was just supposed to be, you know, like one drink, just friendly.
01:26Henry, you're in a safe space. There's no judgment here.
01:29If you want to find peace to truly make sense of things, I encourage you to keep talking.
01:34I lied. I lied to my wife. I told her that I had to work late that night, but I
01:39didn't.
01:39And I really, I went to a bar with my co-worker and we were drinking and we were talking.
01:44And one thing led to another.
01:46Henry, I need to know exactly what happened.
01:47Did you, did you kiss her or, or did it, did it go further?
01:53Um, look, Henry, you can take some time here if, if, if you need it.
01:57Um, but I need to talk to this woman right now. I don't usually mention others to, to my other
02:03visitors,
02:03but in her case, she's a bit problematic, so to speak. She does a lot of things that she regrets,
02:09but never learns from them. And trust me when I say, don't be like her, Henry, OK?
02:23What's going on, Sally? You, you look troubled.
02:29It's, uh, I've been seeing my lover more and more and I know it's wrong, but I, I just,
02:37I don't know how to stop. And I don't, I don't know how to stop. And the truth is,
02:42I don't want to.
02:44You know, this isn't the path to peace, Sally. There are consequences to the choices we make.
02:49Am I interrupting anything, father? I don't want to disturb anyone's reflection.
02:53No, no, you're, you're, you're not interrupting. That's just Henry. He's praying,
02:58trying to find his way to avoid following us similar passages.
03:02Henry? That's funny. That's the name of my husband.
03:08Sally?
03:10I can't believe this.
03:15Henry, we, this is unbelievable.
03:19Wait, you, you two know each other?
03:22Yes, father, we're married.
03:24For 10 years.
03:26Your husband and wife?
03:28Both of you.
03:29But you've been coming to this church for years, each on your own, and you,
03:33you never realized?
03:35I, I never wanted to tell you I was coming here, Sally.
03:38You never mentioned that you could be religious and I didn't want to push it.
03:42The church is just my, my place. It's for me,
03:45a place of thoughts. That's all.
03:49Well, it seems like you both have a lot in common,
03:51and I think that it would be best to discuss this in private.
03:56No. Father, Pa, whatever I have to say, I,
04:01I'll say it in front of Sally. She deserves to know the truth.
04:05Are you sure about that?
04:08You may hear some things that you don't want to hear, Henry.
04:10I'm sure.
04:11You can tell me anything you want. I need to know.
04:15I lied to you, Sally.
04:18I said I had to stay late for work, but I went to have drinks with my co-worker,
04:23and we started talking and one thing led to another.
04:25Doing the right thing, Henry. Just, just keep going.
04:29This is the moment of truth.
04:30I got tipsy and we, and we held hands.
04:36That's it? You, you just held hands?
04:40Yeah. I think that's cheating. I lied to you. I went behind her back and I held hands with another
04:48woman and I considered doing more, but I stopped myself. But I know that doesn't matter. I betrayed
04:53you, Sally. That's it. Holding hands.
05:00I thought you were going to tell me you slept with her.
05:02I mean, I considered it. I really wanted to, but I didn't. And that's the truth.
05:08I'm so, I'm so, so sorry, Sally. I really messed up. I lied to you and I should have never
05:19done that.
05:20But I swear nothing else happened. Please, please forgive me.
05:29I forgive you, Henry. I just, I don't know what to say. I, I just never thought this was how
05:37it would go.
05:39But I forgive you.
05:44I just want to go home, Sally. Let's go home.
05:50Sally, don't you have anything to say?
05:54No. I don't have anything I want to say.
05:56Okay. It's your choice. But remember, you've got to live with it for the rest of your life.
06:03I know, Father. I'm fine with it.
06:05What are you talking about? Is there something you need to tell me, Sally?
06:11I'm, I'm, um, I'm not sure.
06:19I'm, I'm afraid.
06:21You can tell me anything, Sally. I told you what I did. And you trusted me.
06:27I can do the same for you. I'm sure I can handle it.
06:31Sally, what do you need? Tell me. What's going on?
06:34I, I don't, I don't know if I can do this, Father.
06:37It's up to you. But I suggest you follow your heart. The heart always knows what's best.
06:44Okay, I'll tell you.
06:47I don't think I can live with this anymore. I have been seeing someone else for years.
06:55I have been cheating on you, Henry. I've had a love affair. I came here to confess to Pavel because
07:00I know it's wrong, but I didn't know how to tell you.
07:03What? You've been for years? And you never told me that?
07:12All this time I was the fool? I can't, I can't believe this. All this time I thought I was
07:20the
07:20one who was wrong. I thought I was the one messing up, but it was you? You were lying to
07:25me?
07:26You were the one who doesn't care?
07:28I'm so sorry. I still love you.
07:33No, I'm done. I'm done with this. I trusted you, Sally. I loved you.
07:38You've been sleeping with someone else behind my back. You don't love me.
07:43Maybe you never did.
07:46This is over, Sally. I don't need you anymore.
