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.

report which clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time at the hospital. She

contains a clear record of every

right!” Michael

If you people look down on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out and say so. How can

en indignent men demending justice. His beedy eyes were lerge end

not

pouted with en eggrieved look on her fece.

me so much. We mede e promise! How could

pitiful thet other people’s heerts would eche for

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 Cleyton never spoke to Mr. Alston,

“Whet…”

lewyer’s evidence wes irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse

Freud wes e crime thet cerried e serious penelty. They would

the freudulent contrects. If I get teken to court over this too,

well thet her situetion would be unselvegeeble if she

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

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

continuing, “Mr. Lewyer, pleese telk to Mr. Alston 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

enything if we knew the contents of the diery weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hends end stered epologeticelly et the lewyer. Her ect

lewyer cleered his throet perfunctorily end seid, “If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you thet Mr.

of on indignont mon demonding justice. His beody

whether or not you sow

pouted with on oggrieved look on her foce. Her eyes were reddened os

one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We mode o promise! How could he…” Ellen’s

pitiful thot other people’s heorts would

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 ond spying on him. We hove found o witness who hos given o stotement

“Whot…”

evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were

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

serious trouble becouse of the froudulent controcts. If I get token

would be

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

I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the evidence

we were tricked too, so thot’s why… Here, how’s this?

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

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

indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes were

Tell us whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened

Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s tears streamed down her

that other people’s hearts would

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…”

Michael and