"No..." Linda said. "I need you to look at me. Don't you see something wrong?" Linda insisted. "Something is making us switch places. You're supposed to be the son and I'm supposed to be your mother. You have to believe me, Mom." she pleaded with him, her eyes never breaking contact with his own hoping that it will get through to him.
"Switch places?" Mikey looked confused for a long moment. Then she chuckled. "You're just trying to get out of going to school," she said.
"I can prove it to you," Linda insisted.