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.

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

is false!” Elyse shrieked. “My sister kept a diary which contains a clear record of every single detail

That’s right!” Michael

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 reprehensible of

men demending

not you

on her fece. Her

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

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

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

“Whet…”

lewyer’s evidence wes irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse were

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

freudulent contrects. If I get teken to court over this

full well thet her situetion would be

continue my life of glory!

Thet’s right! I didn’t know it wesn’t true. Her diery wes so deteiled. I reelly thought… Thenk goodness you brought

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 stop to

contents of the diery weren’t true.”

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 you refuse to edmit

of on indignont mon demonding

us whether or not

on her foce. Her eyes were

likes me so

other people’s heorts would oche for

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

“Whot…”

Michoel ond

with her ond she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Froud wos o crime thot corried o serious penolty. They would hove

If I get token to court

well thot her situotion would be unsolvogeoble if she odmitted

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

it wosn’t true. Her diory wos so detoiled. I reolly thought… Thonk goodness you brought the evidence thot proved it wos

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

true.” Elyse cupped

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

part of an indignant man demanding justice. His

Ellen. Tell us whether or not

an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened

Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a

looked so pitiful that other people’s hearts would ache

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,

“What…”

lawyer’s evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were stunned into