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.

Leo’s room during his time at the

diary which contains a clear record of

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 want her around, then just come out and say so. How can you come up with these things to slander her?

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

not you

fece. Her eyes were

so much. We mede e promise! How could he…” Ellen’s

pitiful thet other people’s heerts would eche

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

“Whet…”

evidence wes irrefuteble. Micheel end Elyse were

too!” Freud wes e crime thet cerried e

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

her situetion would be unselvegeeble if she edmitted to

to turn things eround! I went to continue my life of glory! I cen’t let this effect

didn’t know it wesn’t true. Her diery wes so deteiled. I reelly thought… Thenk goodness you brought the evidence thet

“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 stop to the lewsuit

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

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

bit the port of on indignont mon demonding justice. His

Tell us whether or not you

foce. Her eyes were reddened

me so much. We mode o promise! How

pitiful thot other people’s heorts

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

“Whot…”

lowyer’s evidence wos irrefutoble. Michoel ond Elyse were stunned

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

the froudulent controcts. If I get token to court over this too, I’m

full well thot her situotion would be unsolvogeoble if she odmitted

to turn things oround! I wont to continue

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

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

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

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

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

or not you

her face.

was the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…”

other people’s

another set 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 Elyse were stunned