Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 279

“Essie, is that you?”

Roxanne grew certain she did not imagine the sobs and started to feel more honeful

Estella stopped crying when she heard Roxanne‘s voice as well. “M–Ms. Jarvis?”

Roxanne heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing that. She hastily walked toward where Estella was.

She had barely taken a few steps forward when she suddenly slipped.

Roxanne‘s heart jumped into her throat as she narrowly steadied herself by grabbing a large tree next to her.

She gazed downward and noticed Estella, who was cowering miserably at the bottom of a pit that was partially concealed by the dense plants around.

“Essie?” Roxanne‘s heart ached terribly when she saw Estella.

Looking up at the beam of light shining into the hole, Estella saw Roxanne smiling at her in relief.

at the sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she did

had cried for so long. Her eyes and nose were red, and her cheeks were smeared with dirt from when she had wiped

after she waited for so long.

was very anxious when she saw Estella wailing her lungs out. “Don‘t

her surroundings for something that could help her pull Estella up as

Estella while she looked

loudly that

stick to the edge of the hole and trying its length, Roxanne figured Estella could reach

close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She

her

of the tree branch. There was still some length

crawled forward and pushed the tree branch further into the

the other end

her teeth and

have much strength left in her after starving for the whole night and walking for so long inside

worse, Estella was

W

her spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing half her body