“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.”
He deftly opened up his briefcase and took out a stack of paper.
“This is the evidence of your attempts to trick Mr. Alston. The truth is that Miss Ellen Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him on purpose to make him think that Ellen Clayton was Big Eyes. In the eyes of the law, this counts as fraud.”
“What?”
scared out of his
were frozen as he gaped
too, and her legs
that? How did it get
stared at each other, but they couldn’t figure out where they had
once, Elyse snatched the so-called
foot inside Leo’s room during his time at
diary which contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo confirmed the contents of
Michael
on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out and say so. How can you come up with
indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes
the part of an indignant man
whether or not you saw Leo.”
with an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes
Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s tears
pitiful that other people’s hearts
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 head with herself as the subject, and she recorded everything in her diary. Also, our investigations have proven that
“What…”
evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse
us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that carried a serious penalty.
trouble because of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken to court over this
well that her situation would be unsalvageable
want to continue my
Thank goodness you brought the evidence that proved
that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie
wouldn’t have done anything if we knew the contents of the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped
on a show for him, the lawyer cleared his throat perfunctorily and said, “If you wish to prove your 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 leniency, but if you refuse to admit what
lawyer nodded
“That’s…”
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