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Traded My Hammer for a Toy
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It happened on Thanksgiving Day. I was on my way to my girlfriend's house when a car slammed straight into mine. The road was deserted, not a single person was around. The doors were jammed shut from the impact, and flames were licking toward the engine. I fumbled for the safety hammer, only to find that someone had replaced it with a toy hammer shaped like a cartoon bear. Panicking, I called my girlfriend. But before she could even pick up, her ringtone started playing from the car that had just hit me. Luna Hill stepped out, hand in hand with her childhood sweetheart, Julian Ford. Julian put on a show of alarm. "Oh no, I'm such an idiot! My first time driving, and I already hit a car." When Luna saw that it was me in the crushed car, she quickly tried to calm him down. "It's fine. He probably did it on purpose." I pounded on the window, shouting for her. "Luna, the safety hammer's been switched out! Please, help me get out!" Julian burst into a grin. "Sebastian, that was me! The little bear hammer's adorable, isn't it?" Luna's face twisted in disgust. "You're fine. Stop being dramatic. Figure it out yourself." Thick smoke was billowing inside the car, and it was about to explode. I begged her to get me out. Julian chuckled. "Sebastian, are you cooking in there or what? That smoke's killing me!" He patted his stomach and said with a laugh, "Man, I'm starving. Luna, let's go home and eat." Luna hooked her arm through his and tossed a parting line over her shoulder. "Enough already. My parents are waiting for us to start dinner." Just as I was about to pass out from the smoke, I slammed my hand on the car's emergency button.
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Traded My Hammer for a Toy Chapter 8 A New Beginning
The day I was discharged, the sun was shining perfectly.Riley came to pick me up and froze for a moment when she saw me tossing every reminder of Luna into the trash."You really let it all go?" she asked.I nodded, lifting my face to the brilliant sunlight and taking a deep breath of the sweet, freeing air. "Riley, I want to go for a walk."We didn't head home. Instead, we drove straight to the beach.I stared out at the endless stretch of ocean. The salty breeze whipped through my short hair, carrying away the last shadows of the past from my heart.Yes, I had loved the wrong person and wasted years of my youth. But through it, I had seen the ugliness of human nature and learned how to protect myself.My life wouldn't stall for the sake of a scoundrel.My phone rang. It was my lawyer. He told me Luna's and Julian's trial verdicts were in. Convicted on multiple charges, one got fifteen years, the other twelve.I hung up calmly and slipped the phone back into my pocket.Rile
Traded My Hammer for a Toy Chapter 7 After the Crash
They rushed me to the hospital. After a series of tests, the doctors diagnosed acute inhalation injury and second‑degree burns. I needed to stay for observation and treatment.In the ward, Riley was cutting an apple, her face still clouded."Riley, don't be mad. I'm alive now, aren't I?" I forced a smile.She set the paring knife down and looked at me, her eyes full of pain and guilt. "This is on me. I should have seen what Luna was—an ungrateful snake. I should've forced you to break it off.""It's not your fault," I replied, shaking my head. "I was the one with blinders on."Riley exhaled. "The police questioned Luna and Julian through the night. We checked Julian's background. He's an ordinary working‑class kid, but incredibly vain. He'd been in trouble at school for stirring things up. He and Luna kept this messy, flirtatious thing going. My guess is he thought the timing was right and pushed her to remove you so he could move up."She paused, then added, "More importantly, t
Traded My Hammer for a Toy Chapter 6 No Turning Back
The moment Luna's father saw me, his face twisted with fury. He jabbed a finger in my direction and roared, "You again! I knew it. You're a curse to Luna! What did you do this time? Is it because of you that she got arrested?"The instant Luna saw her parents, she acted as if salvation had arrived. "Dad, Mom! Help me! It's Sebastian. He set me up! He's trying to destroy me!"Her mother rushed toward me, hand raised to slap, but Riley caught her wrist midair."Mrs. Hill," Riley said coolly, her voice devoid of emotion. "Before you start throwing accusations, maybe you should learn the facts.""Facts?" Helen Parker snapped. "The fact is that your spoiled, rich brother ruined my daughter's life!"She kept shouting, her voice trembling with self-righteous outrage."Luna's a good, decent girl! She'd never do something like this unless he pushed her too far! You people think money gives you the right to bully us? To crush ordinary families like ours?"Her tirade stirred a low murmur a
Traded My Hammer for a Toy Chapter 5 The Breaking Point
Julian trembled so hard that his sobs caught in his throat."How do I know?" Riley slowly raised her phone. On the screen was a live feed—a dashboard view showing my car's exact location, and an audio file playing in real time.Luna's and Julian's vicious, contemptuous words echoed through the speakers, clashing cruelly against my faint, desperate pleas for help.The color drained from Luna's face. Panic fully set in.She shot up from the ground, pointing at me, screaming her last desperate defense. "It was him! He made me do it! He's a control freak! He uses his family's power to dominate me—my life, my choices! I couldn't take it anymore!"Her voice cracked as she spiraled into hysteria. "I love Julian! But he refused to let me go! He threatened to hurt himself if I left! All of this was his plan, his sick way of punishing me! He wanted to ruin me and Julian too!"Julian immediately dropped to his knees with a loud thud and started bowing frantically to Riley."Ms. Hale, I was
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