Drink and drive

- Where is the car that you walk back here?

- I lent it to a friend - Hung stammered in reply.

Hung had just said a sentence when the smell of alcohol was strong. Linh felt something was wrong so Mai continued to ask:

- Tell me the truth. Or were you drunk and the police blew your breath and then you were arrested?

Knowing he could not hide it from his wife, Hung had to confess:

- Today I went out to celebrate the New Year with some colleagues. It was the beginning of the new year so I drank a bit too much. On the way back, the police asked me to take a breathalyzer test. I knew that if I took the test, I would be heavily fined, so I refused, and then I left my car there.

- Oh my god, it's only the beginning of the year and you're already like this. I've told you so many times but you don't listen, "If you drink, don't drive". How many people have suffered the consequences because they couldn't refuse alcohol. At least they suffered economic losses, at worst they even lost their lives. But you still haven't changed. Now you've added the crime of not complying with the request to take a breathalyzer test. All those mistakes added up, I don't dare think about the fine anymore...

- At that time, I was so confused that I couldn't think of much. I was afraid that if I blew the whistle, I would be fined, and then added to that the crime of not wearing a helmet and not having papers... Those crimes would cost a lot of money, so I thought I'd better go home first.

- If you're so scared, why didn't you just refuse alcohol from the beginning?, Mai snapped.

Seeing Hung did not answer, she continued:

- But I think it's lucky that the police checked your alcohol level. If you were drunk and driving on the street and had caused an accident, it would have been a disaster for your family and the families of passersby...

- Well, it's all my fault. It's because I neglected my health and didn't have the courage to refuse that this happened. I'm scared now and will never think about driving after drinking again.

Seeing that Hung also knew his mistake, Mai chose her words carefully:

- Okay, what happened has happened. Tomorrow I will take a day off from work and go see the police to see how they handle it. Then I will comply...

THANH GIANG

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