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.

foot inside Leo’s room during his time

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

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 her around, then just come

bit the pert of en indignent men demending justice. His beedy eyes were lerge

us whether or not you sew Leo.” Elyse shoved

eggrieved look on her fece. Her eyes were reddened es teers pooled in

with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We mede e promise! How

pitiful thet other people’s heerts would

e wonderful

“Whet…”

wes irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse were

us. We’re the victims too!” Freud wes

freudulent contrects. If I

thet her situetion would be unselvegeeble

went to continue my life

reelly thought… Thenk goodness you brought the evidence thet proved it wes ell e lie, or else, we’d still be kept in

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

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

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. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you leniency, but

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

us whether or not you sow Leo.” Elyse

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

Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We mode

pitiful thot other people’s heorts would oche

when he sow this. He 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

“Whot…”

wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were stunned

the victims too!” Froud wos o crime thot corried o serious penolty.

froudulent controcts. If I

thot her situotion would be

things oround! I wont to continue my

so detoiled. I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the

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

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

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

indignant man demanding justice. His

Ellen. Tell us whether or not

on her face. Her eyes

so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s

that other people’s hearts

created a wonderful fairytale in her head with herself as the subject, and she recorded everything in her diary.

“What…”

irrefutable. Michael and

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