All Chapters of Traded My Hammer for a Toy: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1 The Fire She Wouldn't Believe

This button could send my exact location and the live audio feed straight to my sister.The moment I pressed it, the system let out a sharp alarm. Luna Hill and Julian Ford, who had already started walking away, stopped in their tracks and turned back.Luna rushed to my car window and slammed her fist against the glass."Sebastian, what the hell is wrong with you? Can you not make a scene for once? It's just a little smoke, and you hit the emergency button? You think the city's rescue teams exist just for you? Could you be any more dramatic?"Julian folded his arms and let out a snicker. "Don't be so hard on him, Luna. It's my fault, really."He pulled out a small black device about the size of a matchbox and waved it proudly."Remember when you picked me up last time? I bought this smoke simulator and slipped it into Sebastian's car. Thought it'd be funny to prank him a little. Look, press this button, and poof, instant smoke. Totally harmless, no smell. Cool, right?"Luna's ex

Chapter 2 Burning Point

Julian clutched Luna's sleeve, his voice trembling with urgency. "Luna, he's acting way too real. It's starting to freak me out.""Let's just go," he urged. "Mrs. Hill worked so hard on dinner. It's Thanksgiving. We shouldn't keep Mr. and Mrs. Hill waiting."At that, the hesitation in Luna's eyes vanished. She shot me one last, icy glance, then turned away, her arm looped through Julian's.They had barely walked sixty feet when the flames at the front of my car suddenly shot up nearly two feet high.Crackling noises tore through the air as the entire vehicle burst into a violent blaze.The scorching heat pressed against my skin through the windshield, and a suffocating wave of terror swallowed me whole.Every survival instinct in me roared to life."Help! Somebody help! The car's on fire!"I screamed until my throat burned, grabbing my phone and hurling it at the window with all the strength I had left.The screen shattered on impact, and the jagged glass sliced open my palm.

Chapter 3 Smoke and Scorn

Luna's face went pale, but Julian quickly turned to the man and said anxiously, "Sir, you've got it all wrong! My friend's just cooking there!"He's into crazy experiments. He said he wanted to try out this car kitchen thing and cook us a Thanksgiving dinner on the road. Guess he overdid it a bit. It's fine, really. The car's on fire, sure, but he's perfectly safe inside!""Cooking?" The man looked utterly confused.Luna jumped in right away. "Yes! My boyfriend loves pulling stunts like this. Sorry you had to see that. We'll take him home right now."The man looked from me to Luna and Julian, suspicion flickering in his eyes. He shook his head and muttered, "Kids these days really know how to have fun." Then, he started his motorcycle and rode off into the distance.Inside the car, the oxygen was nearly gone. The system blared its final warning."Beep! Beep! Beep! Danger! Carbon monoxide levels are critical. Oxygen below eight percent. Evacuate immediately! Evacuate immediately

Chapter 4 Riley's Wrath

The woman who appeared was tall and sharp-featured, her face carrying traces of resemblance to mine, but her presence was all blade and steel.It was my sister, Riley Hale.The moment she saw me tied to the seat with duct tape, covered in burns and bruises, the car filled with smoke, her eyes turned bloodshot. Fury rolled off her like heat from a wildfire."Julian, who the hell is that?" Luna asked, startled by the sudden intrusion. Instinctively, she stepped in front of Julian as if to shield him.Julian's face went pale, but he quickly pulled himself together and forced an innocent smile."Miss, you must've mistaken him for someone else," he said lightly. "This is my friend Sebastian. We were just playing a game with him."In that split second, Riley didn't even spare Luna a glance. With a swift, precise kick, she slammed her leg into the car door.The force of the blow sent the half-open door crashing shut again, slamming into Luna and knocking her stumbling backward.In the

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

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

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

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

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