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 not dare

she had cried for so long. Her eyes and nose were red, and her cheeks were smeared with dirt from when she had wiped her tears earlier. She appeared very pitiable with her head hung low

Roxanne was finally there to rescue her after she waited for

anxious when she saw Estella wailing her lungs out.

for something that could

while she looked

so loudly that she could not even hear Roxanne‘s

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

close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She cleared her

on her face, and tiptoed

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

frowned. She crawled forward and pushed the tree

could Estella seize the other

Roxanne gritted her teeth

Roxanne did not have much strength left in her after starving

Estella was too weak to cooperate

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