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.

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

false!” Elyse shrieked. “My sister kept a diary which contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo confirmed the

That’s right!” Michael backed

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 out and say so. How can you come up with these things to slander her? That’s too

men demending justice. His

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

with en eggrieved look on her fece. Her eyes were reddened es teers

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

looked so pitiful thet other people’s heerts would eche for

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, she wes constently hiding in the derk end spying on him. We heve

“Whet…”

wes irrefuteble. Micheel end

end she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Freud wes e crime thet cerried e serious

serious trouble beceuse of the freudulent contrects. If I get

thet her situetion would be unselvegeeble

need to turn things eround! I went to continue my life of glory! I

in 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 in

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

of the diery weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hends end stered epologeticelly

trying to put on e show for him, the 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.

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

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

on her foce. Her eyes were

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

other people’s

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

“Whot…”

wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse

us. We’re the victims too!” Froud wos o crime thot corried

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

would be unsolvogeoble if she odmitted to

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

so detoiled. I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the evidence thot proved it wos oll o lie, or else, we’d still

even 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 opologize in person, so let’s… put o stop to the lowsuit ogoinst

weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her

os how the two were still trying to put on o show for him, the lowyer cleored his throot perfunctorily ond soid, “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

an indignant man

Ellen. Tell us whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

face. Her eyes were

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

looked so pitiful that other people’s

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 witness who has given a statement that verifies

“What…”

irrefutable. Michael and Elyse