This too was a confession, but in this moment Riley spoke to Liam as a fellow brother and not as Father Riley who was still new at his craft, he laid his hand over Liam's in a gesture of comfort while he spoke. "Little brothers are like that, they will do things and follow one around like a puppy and not have a care for the danger."

Even more carefully, the note of reassuring entering his voice. "Think of nature as our confessional booth, what you've spoken to me shall not be mentioned to Patrick." he would keep that particular confidence. "So there is nothing you can do about the contract?"