Chapter 296 Elyse’s Comeuppance

“Listen up, Elyse, and your entire family too.” Leo’s voice was still and unemotional. “This is the last time I’ll answer a call from you. I won’t ask for the money you tricked me into giving you, but you will need to suffer the consequences of your actions. The lawyer will get in touch with you soon. You can get into the details with him.”

“Leo!” Elyse cried out once more as her face turned ghostly pale. She couldn’t resign herself to this.

All she got in reply was a dial tone.

He ended the call!

“What happened?” Michael quickly asked when he noticed Elyse standing there motionlessly with a strange expression on her face.

The phone slipped out of Elyse’s hand and clattered on the floor. Elyse looked defeated.

“What on earth is going on? Hurry up and tell me!” Michael urged when he realized that things weren’t going the way he had hoped.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Michael eyed Elyse for a moment before rushing over to get the door.

A stranger was standing outside.

Michael scrutinized the man with his beady eyes and asked, “Who are you? Did you come to the wrong address?”

“I’m Mr. Alston’s lawyer. I’m here to see Michael and Elyse Clayton,” the man answered. “You must be Michael Clayton.”

“L-Lawyer?” Michael instinctively took a step back when he heard that this man was a lawyer.

The lawyer walked into the house and saw a clueless Ellen and an ashen-faced Elyse.

He nodded and said, “I suppose Mr. Alston has told you why I’m here, Miss Clayton.”

opened up his briefcase and took out a stack

Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him on

“What?”

out of his

beady eyes were frozen as

too, and her legs went

that? How did it get exposed? What went

at each other, but they couldn’t figure out

the so-called evidence and flipped through

which clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time at the hospital. She never even said a single word to

which contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions!

Michael backed Elyse

my Elie never stayed at the hospital in Quinn Town and never spoke to Mr. Alston, then how do you explain the diary? If you people look down on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out

indignant man demanding

or not

her face. Her eyes were

me so much.

other people’s hearts would ache

of documents. “This is the report from the mental hospital which confirms that Miss Ellen Clayton has a paranoid disorder. She took the interactions she saw between Mr. Alston and someone else and made them her own. She created a wonderful fairytale in her

“What…”

evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were

happened because there’s something wrong with her and she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud

trouble because of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken to court over

well that her situation would be unsalvageable if she admitted

around! I want to continue my life of glory! I

in agreement. “Yes! That’s right! I didn’t know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the evidence that

Lawyer, please talk to Mr. Alston and tell him that we were tricked too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him

the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hands and stared apologetically at the lawyer. Her act looked quite

innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you that Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you

lawyer nodded and

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