“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?”
out of his
were frozen as he gaped in
too, and
has been exposed just like that? How did
at each other, but they couldn’t figure out
once, Elyse snatched the so-called
Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during
which contains a clear record of every single detail of
Michael
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
an indignant man demanding justice. His
the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes were large and
whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse shoved Ellen
her face. Her eyes were reddened as tears
so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s tears streamed down
looked so pitiful that other people’s hearts would ache for
made them her own. She created a wonderful
“What…”
evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were stunned into
us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that carried a serious penalty. They would have to serve a prison
of the fraudulent contracts. If I get
full well that her situation would be unsalvageable
to continue my life of glory! I can’t let
know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness
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 let’s… put a stop to
We wouldn’t have done anything if we knew the contents of the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hands and stared
how the two were still trying to put 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
nodded and
“That’s…”
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