Jane echoed, “That’s true. Sometimes when Laurence plays alone, and no one is watching him, you can’t hear any sound. But when you find him, you’ll discover he’s up to mischief. There was one time he even smeared my lipstick all over the floor.”

Elisa, having no experience with children except for Sonny, whom she always found sensible, adorable, and smart, was surprised to learn about another side of children she had not known.

She regarded children as angels.

As for her nephew, he did not lo