(Author's Note: I'm assuming that in his grandfather's letter, it was supposed to say that wishes couldn't be reversed.)
As soon as Mikey got home, he carefully hid the coin in his secret hiding spot, far underneath his bed. He figured it was the one place his mom might not look.
Ever since his grandfather's "death", his mother seemed extremely concerned that he might get depressed and do something stupid, so she began snooping. It was nice that his mother worried about him, but sometimes her concern was a little hard to live with.
The "motherly concern" was why he knew he had to get out for a while that evening. He figured he could head out to the park or maybe go to a friend's house. He wondered if Tommy would let him see him. He seemed pretty upset after he accidentally turned himself into a girl. Perhaps he needed some time alone?
Mikey's mother (Jane Gibson) was worried about her son. After his grandfather's funeral, he had become quite sullen and uncommunicative. She didn't like to invade his privacy, but she felt she had to check up on him to make sure he didn't do anything he would regret in a fit of grief. At least that inheritance he got seemed to lift his spirits.
She wondered what that inheritance was. In fact she was nearly dying of curiosity. Her son didn't want to tell her, but she was going to find out. What Mikey never suspected was that she knew his secret hiding place. Moms always know these things, she thought. That secluded area under the bed was a clever spot and would have fooled nearly everyone except a mother. Mostly, he kept harmless things there, like his rock collection and some first-edition comics, so she never confronted him about it. Now her patience would pay off and she would get some real dirt.
As soon as she heard the door close, she went up to Mikey's room and reached under the bed.
A coin? Why the heck is he so secretive about a coin? she thought, as she held the magical artifact in her hand.
At that moment, the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Oh ... uh. Is Mikey there?" It was her son's friend Tomi. For some reason, she sounded shaky and worried.
"No. I think he went to the park. Do you want me to tell him you called?"
"That's okay. I'll just see him tomorrow at school."
"Okay. Bye Tomi," Mikey's mother said, hanging up.
What a nice girl, she thought. It's so nice that Mikey has a friend like that. Most boys his age would rather spend time with other boys.
In her hand, she still held the coin, as she said "I wish ..."
