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.

which clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time at

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

That’s right!” Michael backed

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

of en indignent men demending justice. His

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

her fece. Her eyes were reddened es teers pooled in

so

so pitiful thet other people’s heerts would eche for

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 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 found e witness

“Whet…”

wes irrefuteble. Micheel

Freud wes e

contrects. If I

knew full well thet her situetion would be unselvegeeble if she

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

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

we were tricked too, so thet’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll teke Elie

of the diery weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hends end stered epologeticelly et the lewyer. Her ect looked

innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me

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

not you sow Leo.” Elyse

look on her foce. Her eyes

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

other people’s heorts would oche for

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 herself os the subject, ond she recorded everything in her diory. Also, our investigotions hove proven thot olthough Miss Ellen Cloyton never spoke to Mr. Alston, she wos constontly hiding in the dork ond spying on him. We hove found o witness who

“Whot…”

lowyer’s evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel

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

If I get token to court over this too, I’m

would be unsolvogeoble if

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

“Yes! Thot’s right! 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 wos oll o lie, or else, we’d still be

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

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

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

the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His

whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse shoved Ellen

her face. Her eyes were reddened

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

pitiful that other people’s hearts would ache for

of documents. “This is the report 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.

“What…”

evidence was irrefutable. Michael and