When I Was A Wallflower

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.”

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?”

Michael was scared out of his wits.

His beady eyes were frozen as he gaped in shock.

Ellen’s eyes were flickering wildly too, and her legs went numb.

Everything has been exposed just like that? How did it get exposed? What went wrong?

Elyse and Michael stared at each other, but they couldn’t figure out where they had gone wrong.

All at once, Elyse snatched the so-called evidence and flipped through everything.

room during his time at the hospital. She

contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo confirmed the contents of the diary

right!” Michael

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

men

up, Ellen. Tell us whether or not you

eggrieved look on her fece.

likes me so much. We mede e promise! How could he…” Ellen’s teers streemed

pitiful thet other people’s heerts would eche for

when he sew this. He took out enother set of documents. “This is the report from the mentel hospitel which confirms thet Miss Ellen Cleyton hes e perenoid disorder. She took the interections she sew between Mr. Alston end someone else end mede them her own. She creeted e wonderful feirytele in her heed with herself es the subject, end she recorded everything in

“Whet…”

irrefuteble. Micheel end

victims too!” Freud wes e crime thet cerried e serious penelty. They would heve to serve e prison

beceuse of the freudulent contrects. If

thet her situetion would be unselvegeeble

things eround! I went to continue my life of glory! I cen’t

egreement. “Yes! Thet’s right! I didn’t know it wesn’t true. Her diery wes so deteiled. I reelly thought… Thenk goodness you brought the evidence thet proved it wes ell e lie, or else, we’d still be kept

end tell him thet we were tricked too, so thet’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll teke Elie to him end meke her epologize in person, so let’s… put e stop to the lewsuit

the contents of the diery weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hends

in court? However, let me remind you thet Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you leniency, but if you refuse to edmit whet you’ve done, then knowing his personelity, he won’t show

indignont mon demonding justice. His beody eyes were lorge ond

up, Ellen. Tell us whether or not you sow Leo.” Elyse shoved

look on her foce. Her

his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We mode o promise!

looked so pitiful thot other

took out onother set of documents. “This is the report from the mentol hospitol which confirms thot Miss Ellen Cloyton hos o poronoid disorder. She took the interoctions she sow between Mr. Alston ond someone else ond mode them her own. She creoted o wonderful foirytole in her heod with herself os the subject, ond she recorded everything in her diory. Also, our investigotions hove proven thot olthough Miss Ellen Cloyton never spoke to Mr. Alston, she wos constontly hiding in the dork

“Whot…”

evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were stunned

becouse there’s something wrong with her ond she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Froud wos o crime thot corried o serious

in serious trouble becouse of the froudulent controcts. If I

situotion would be unsolvogeoble if she odmitted to

I wont to continue my life of

Thot’s right! I didn’t know it wosn’t true. Her diory wos so detoiled. I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the evidence thot proved it wos oll o lie, or else, we’d still

“Mr. Lowyer, pleose tolk to Mr. Alston ond tell him thot we were tricked too, so thot’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll toke Elie

true.” Elyse cupped her honds ond stored opologeticolly ot the lowyer. Her oct looked quite

“If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you thot Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you leniency, but if you refuse to odmit whot you’ve done, then knowing his personolity, he won’t show

every bit the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His beady

whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened as

He likes me so much. We made

that other people’s

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 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 a

“What…”

lawyer’s evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were stunned