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.

the sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she did not dare to express her emotions

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

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

when she saw Estella wailing her lungs out. “Don‘t cry, Essie. I‘m going to find something to

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

consoled Estella while

was bawling so loudly that

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

you up.” Roxanne was close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She cleared her throat to make her

wiped the tears on her face, and tiptoed to

she could only touch the tip of the tree branch. There was still some

and pushed the tree branch further into

then could Estella seize the other end of the

gritted her teeth

have much strength left in her after starving

make things worse, Estella was too weak to cooperate with

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rooted to her spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing half her