A young boy is playing in his parents' room when he hears his mother arrive home. Since he's not allowed to be in there and doesn't want to be caught, he hides in the closet before his mother walks in with a man who is not the boy's father. The couple are just starting to undress when they hear the father's car pull into the driveway. Panicking, the mother tells the man to hide in the closet.

So the boy and the man are sitting there together. "It's dark in here" says the boy. "Yep" replies the man. "I have a baseball" says the boy. "That's great kid". "Wanna buy it?" the boy asks. "Not really kid". So the boy continues: "my dad owns a lot of guns". Realizing what's happening, the man asks "alright, what will it cost to keep you quiet?". "Fifty bucks". So the man gives the boy his money for the baseball, and once the coast is clear they both slip out and on their way.

A few weeks later, the boy is playing in his parents' room again, and the mother comes home with the same man. When the father arrives, they again find themselves hiding together in the closet. "It's dark in here" says the boy. "Yep". "I have a baseball mitt". "Great kid... what will it cost me this time?" "Fifty bucks" replies the boy. They make their exchange and wait until the coast is clear.

Another week goes by before they find themselves hiding together in the closet again. "It's dark in here" says the boy. "Let me guess," says the man, "you have a baseball bat you'd like to sell me?" "Yep, a hundred bucks".

The following weekend, the boy's father asks him if he'd like to go outside and play catch. "We can't" the boy tells him, "I sold my glove and baseball and bat". "Why would you do that?" his father asks. "I got two hundred bucks for them!" the boy tells him. Shocked, the father says "I can't believe you would take advantage of one of your friends like that! Tomorrow morning when we go to church you're going straight into confession and asking forgiveness for what you've done." So the next morning they go to church, and the boy's father sends him straight into the confessional. "It's dark in here" says the boy, and the priest replies "don't start that shit with me again kid".