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.

Yet, she did not dare to express her emotions because she did not

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

her after she waited for so long. Estella

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

surroundings for something that could help her pull Estella up as

while she

so loudly that

much difficulty. After bringing the stick to the edge of the hole and trying its length, Roxanne figured Estella could reach the other end of the tree branch

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

wiped the tears on her face, and tiptoed

of the tree branch. There was still some length to be covered for her to take

and pushed the

Estella seize the

teeth and pulled

in her after starving for

make things worse, Estella was too weak

W

was tugged forward, causing half her body to hang over