Brunch was a loud raucous affair and it was all because of a pint-sized tyrant who was hell bent on making her mother out to be a liar. Jolie’s insistence Pia was quiet and subdued while they were in public was incredibly wrong as the child came to life with three strong men paying her all the attention in the world.
She was currently standing on a chair, syrup smeared down her right cheek and a glob of ketchup at the corner of her mouth, with her head leaned back, holding her belly, laughing loudly. Elio was holding the back of her chair so she didn’t tip it backwards in her exuberance.
The three men were all grinning at her behaviour, encouraging her by telling her silly jokes only a five-year-old would laugh at. Jolie considered one more knock-knock joke and she would be forgoing her
