“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?”
was scared out
frozen as he gaped
wildly too, and her legs
like that? How did it get exposed? What
stared at each other, but they
Elyse snatched the
room during his time at the hospital. She
a diary which contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo
Michael
on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out and say so.
man demanding justice. His beady
of an indignant man demanding justice. His
whether or not you saw
face. Her eyes were
was the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…”
so pitiful that other people’s
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 although Miss Ellen Clayton never spoke to Mr. Alston, she was constantly hiding in the dark and spying on him. We have found
“What…”
evidence was irrefutable. Michael and
she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that carried a
of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken to court
situation would be
to continue my life of glory! I can’t
I didn’t know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the evidence that proved it was
tell him that we were tricked too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him and make her apologize in person, so
the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hands and stared apologetically at the lawyer. Her act
“If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me
lawyer nodded and
“That’s…”
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