In preparation to see her young sons after many months, Elaine spends the day shopping for gifts with her mother. After Elaine’s divorce with her ex-husband Peter, their sons chose to live with him, devastating and humiliating Elaine, who was already hurt from her husband leaving because he found her boring. Fortunately, the boys are now on their way to spend time with Elaine, who is living with her parents, but this living situation is also difficult for Elaine because they constantly remind her that she must have failed as a mother because her sons chose their father over her. When Elaine reunites with her sons, they are unfamiliar and don’t kiss her back, and one son, Jesse, wears an eyepatch because of his lazy eye, which Elaine didn’t know about. The other son, Matthew, doesn’t hug her and only shakes her hand. At first, the boys are disappointed when their grandfather tells them they can’t have a barbecue or go to Disney World, but wanting to please her sons, Elaine spends the next few days taking them wherever they want to go and letting them do whatever they want. They tell her that they had the “best time,” but Elaine mourns that she still doesn’t really know whether her sons are alright or happy. One night, Jesse comes into the room while Elaine is talking to her parents, complaining of a whistling noise in his ear. Elaine tries to comfort him, and he sleepily tells her that they are getting a new car and when Matthew gets his driver’s license, they will pick her up and take her wherever she wants to go every day.