Semua Bab Traded My Hammer for a Toy: Bab 1 - Bab 8

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

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

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

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