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.

guilt–ridden at the sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she did not dare to express her

with dirt from when she had wiped her tears earlier. She appeared very pitiable with her head hung

after she waited for so long. Estella began crying harder after a few

her lungs out. “Don‘t cry, Essie. I‘m going to find something to pull

could help her

Estella while she looked

Estella was bawling so loudly that

stick to the edge of the hole and

this tree branch. I‘ll pull you up.” Roxanne was close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She cleared her throat to make her

tears on her face, and tiptoed to grasp

There was still some length to be

She crawled forward and pushed the

the other

teeth and pulled with all her might to drag Estella out

did not have much strength left in her after starving for the whole night and walking for so long inside the

was too weak to cooperate

W

force simultaneously, Estella remained rooted to her spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing