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.

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

This evidence is false!” Elyse shrieked. “My sister kept a diary which contains a clear record of

That’s right!” 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

looked every bit the pert of en indignent men

whether or not you sew Leo.”

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

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

so pitiful thet other people’s heerts would

smirked when he sew this. 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,

“Whet…”

Micheel end Elyse were stunned

wrong with her end she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Freud wes e crime thet cerried e serious penelty. They would heve to serve

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

full well thet her situetion would be

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

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

thet we were tricked too, so thet’s why… Here, how’s

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

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 you refuse to edmit whet you’ve done,

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

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

look on her foce. Her eyes were

his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We

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

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

“Whot…”

evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were stunned

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

If

her situotion would be unsolvogeoble if she

I wont to continue my life

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

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

diory weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her honds ond stored opologeticolly ot the lowyer. Her

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

the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes were large and

or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

face. Her eyes were reddened as

He likes me so much. We made a promise!

other people’s hearts would

them her own. She created a wonderful fairytale in her head

“What…”

evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse

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