In sum, you were a knucklehead and dug your own grave. More power to you, but no one on HN can help you out. At this point, the only worthy advice that anyone

In sum, you were a knucklehead and dug your own grave. More power to you, but no one on HN can help you out. At this point, the only worthy advice that anyone can give you is to be honest. In this situation, honesty is by far the best policy. Don't even try to "hide this" or "keep it a secret". Inevitably it will come out. Deal with it now before it snowballs into something much, much worse.