Leo’s method worked, and the car speed did slow down.
"The car slowed down, but I can't stop it. There are many cars ahead. What should I do?"
Winnie was urgent and got cold sweat on forehead. It was at the traffic light intersection, but she had not stopped the car.
"Switch to automatic gear, and switch it to gear P and the car will stop. Don't panic, be calm."
He advised Winnie and he was anxious.
He could not see the scene of the situation and he could only felt worried.
"......"
Winnie did not speak but followed Leo’s instruction, changed the gear into gear P, and then the car really stopped.
Winnie breathed a sigh of relief and tried to calm her panicked heart.
"It stops."
She told Leo the news.
Leo also took a sigh of relief.
"Where are you? I'll send my assistant over to help you."
Leo was on a business trip and not at home, so he blamed himself for being unable to help.
"No need, it is all right as the car stops. I will call 4S store. I have had the car not for a long time, so it should be a quality problem."
Winnie refused. It was weekend, she would feel sorry to bother his assistant.
"Ok, then you stand on the roadside, be careful and turn on double flash lights."
Leo said.
"I know, I am fine, go on with your work."
Winnie hung up the phone, and got off to the back seat to appease Megan.
"It's all right, Megan. We just had a little trouble and it's over."
Winnie held the child in her arms. At the moment she was still afraid. If the speed was fast, if it were in the city, she and the child would have met an accident.
"Mommy, I'm so scared, I dared not say a word."
This was the sentence Megan said from the car failure, and her voice was trembling.
"It is right not to say a word. Nothing is more dangerous than to interrupt Mommy's thought. Megan, don’t be afraid. You did a good job."
Winnie calmed Megan, but her heart was still thumping.
Winnie's car parked on the side of the road, with the double flash lights on, which attracted the attention of many vehicles back and forth.
Brian drove to the suburbs to pick up the children, and Wendy was also in the car.
On the other side of the road, he saw Winnie's car.
Brian turned the direction, and Wendy asked with doubts.
"Why?"
"The car parked by the roadside seems to be Winnie's. Go and have a look."
Brian explained.
Wendy then knew the reason why Brian turned around.
"You care about her and turned around without telling me the reason."
Wendy was displeased.
"I can't pretend not to see it."
Brian explained indifferently and then stopped the car at the roadside.
Brian got out of the car and ran directly to Winnie and knocked on the window.
Winnie looked back and saw that the person standing outside was Brian. At this moment, she was in a complex state of mind. She was still afraid, and felt sad when she saw Brian.
She pushed open the door and got off. When she wanted to embrace Brian, wanted to release the fear in heart, she found that Wendy walking over.
At that moment, Winnie suddenly woke up and realized that she was a lonely individual. No matter how horrible it was, she could only bear it herself.
"Are you going to the suburbs?"
Winnie endured the fear and greeted Brian with a smile.
"What's wrong with your car? Why is it parked in such a dangerous place?"
Brian asked Winnie with worry.
"There's something wrong with the car. I'm waiting for help."
Winnie said lightly, covering the danger and fear.
"What's wrong?"
Brian became nervous.
"Daddy, the car..."
"I don't know what went wrong until it is checked out."
Megan got off and as she wanted to say it was brake failure, Winnie interrupted her. Obviously Winnie did not want Brian to know the fact.
"It is ok. The rescue car will be here in a minute."
Looking at Wendy standing there with a serious face, Winnie's heart pulled together.
Knowing that she made Wendy unhappy, she wanted Brian to leave as soon as possible.
"Really?"
Looking at Winnie's indifferent appearance, Brian's nervous mood eased.
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