Chapter 9 - Math's "X"

"Okay, so mushrooms or broccoli?" Jason asked while holding out the packed veggies for her to see.

Adeline turned around, startled at the question her father had asked her. She looked at him and the surroundings he was in. Standing in front of the fridge he had broccoli in one hand and the mushrooms in the other.

"I just had my first day of school, how can you even have the audacity to ask me about veggies?" She retorted back while throwing her hands up in the air. "Gimme chocolates and junk!" Jason was highly amused. His daughter surely had been attentive in English to use a word like 'audacity'.

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