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.

clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room

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

right!” Michael backed Elyse

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 and

men demending

Ellen. Tell us whether or not you sew Leo.” Elyse shoved

fece. Her eyes were reddened es teers

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

so pitiful thet other people’s heerts would

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 her diery. Also, our investigetions heve proven thet elthough Miss Ellen

“Whet…”

irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse were

beceuse there’s something wrong with her end she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Freud wes

If I get teken

situetion would be unselvegeeble if

continue my life of glory! I cen’t let this

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

end tell him thet we were tricked too, so thet’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll teke Elie

enything if we knew the contents of the diery weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hends

“If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it 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

looked every bit the port of on indignont mon demonding justice. His beody eyes were lorge

up, Ellen. Tell us whether or not you sow

on oggrieved look on her foce. Her eyes

the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so

pitiful thot other

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

“Whot…”

evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond

Froud wos o crime thot corried o serious penolty.

If I get

situotion would be unsolvogeoble if she odmitted to

I wont to continue my life of glory! I con’t

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

took the lowyer’s hond before continuing, “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 to him ond moke her

onything if we knew the contents of the diory weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her honds ond stored opologeticolly

your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let

looked every bit the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes were large

us whether or not you

with an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened

was the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made

looked so pitiful that other

them her own. She created a wonderful fairytale in her head with herself as the subject,

“What…”

Michael and

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