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Hmm, what were those strange hieroglyphics? Do they even have any meaning at all? She looked at the textbook closer, maybe it will make more sense….but no,

" Bree! " called softly, in a whisper Beca.

She raised her head from the textbook and saw their daughter watching her with a regard full of trust, waiting expectantly for her to find the solution and to explain it to her. Damn it! Why did she promise to help? If only she knew it would be this subject, she would have never said anything! Ok, it was time to stop joking around, she was concentrating fully on the textbook, so much that her eyes were hurting her, the solution should appear if she wanted it enough right?

" Bree! ", it was said a little more loudly and urgently.

" So, you see, it's at the end of the page that I don't understand, but the rest is correct, I think, right Ma? The tap leaks for one hour, so…"

" Hmm, hmm. ", those textbooks was probably made in China, it must be written in Mandarin, she didn't see any other explanations!

" And I have some difficulties with the next problems too on the other page, but you are going to help me, right Ma? ", keep saying their daughter with some admiration in her eyes.

Gulp, it made her feel as a bad guy, ready to tell her daughter that Santa's Claus wasn't real! Beca sighed while putting the textbook on the table, sorry kiddo, but we lived in a harsh world, your Ma can help you with a lot of things, but it wasn't one of them! She could make a research on the internet, but it would serve for nothing since she wouldn't be able to explain how she found the solution,

" Bree! ", this time it was shouted, almost in panic by Beca.

Finally, her savour appeared at the door, " What is it Beca? "

" Can I talk to you in the hall? », then she turned her head toward her daughter, " We will be back soon, I just have something to tell to your mom, ok sweetie? "

Their daughter nodded her head a little perplexed, watching her Ma almost running out of her room with her Mom.

Once outside, Beca whispered urgently to Aubrey, " Please babe, you have to help me! I don't understand a thing! You have to take my place! "

Aubrey looked at her wife for a moment, deep in thought, " So you want me to help you, it's what we called a favour, wouldn't you agree? "

Beca nodded her head slowly, not really understanding why her wife had to think so much about it.

" And when we make a favour to someone, we can expect the same in return, like for example, but it's just an example ok!? Let's say you want something and your daughter want the same thing, but you can't have it because you are married to someone who keeps refusing it and is pretty stubborn…. "

Beca's mouth was agape, finally she sputtered, " You, you, you can't do this! I'm your wife! you can't use blackmail on me like you do with your clients! "

But Aubrey shake negatively her head, " No, no Beca, it's a negotiation, and it was just an example, all of this is purely hypothetical. "

Those damn lawyers! She couldn't believe it! The "Ma! " shouted by their daughter made her cringe, she looked into Aubrey's eyes and saw a knowing look, she already knew she had won,

" Ok, ok we can have a dog! Just go help her and tell her I had to leave because of work! "

Aubrey let out a joyous cry and gave her a happy kiss before going inside their daughter's room, once they heard the front door being closed, she turned towards their daughter,"It has worked, you can give me back my mathematics textbooks!"

"Really?", their daughter was jumping for joy, "Thanks mom! It was a great idea! We are going to have a dog, we are going to have a dog!"