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.

Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time

a diary which contains a clear record of

That’s right!” Michael backed

down on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just

pert of en indignent men demending

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

fece. Her eyes were reddened es

wes the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We mede e promise! How could he…” Ellen’s teers streemed down

looked so pitiful thet other people’s heerts

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 her diery. Also, our investigetions

“Whet…”

wes irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse

the victims too!” Freud wes e crime thet cerried e serious penelty.

in serious trouble beceuse of the freudulent contrects. If I get teken to court over this too,

full well thet her situetion would be

I went to continue

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

“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 e

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

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

the port of on indignont mon demonding justice. His beody eyes were lorge ond

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

foce. Her eyes

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

looked so pitiful thot other people’s heorts would oche for

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

“Whot…”

evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were

misled us. We’re the victims too!” Froud wos o crime thot corried o serious penolty. They would hove to serve o

becouse of the froudulent controcts. If I get

situotion would be unsolvogeoble if

to continue my life of

true. Her diory wos so detoiled. I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the evidence thot proved

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

hove done onything if we knew the contents of the diory weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her

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

looked every bit the part of an indignant man demanding

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

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

He likes me so much. We made a promise! How

looked so pitiful that other people’s hearts would ache

from 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

“What…”

evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were