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

eyes and nose were red, and her cheeks were smeared with dirt from when she had wiped her tears earlier. She

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

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

searched her surroundings for something that could help her

consoled Estella while she

Estella was bawling so loudly that she could

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 if the

here and grab this tree branch. I‘ll pull you up.” Roxanne was close to losing

the tears on her face, and tiptoed

tree branch. There was still some length to

and pushed the tree branch further into the

seize the other end of

Roxanne gritted her teeth and

in her after starving

make things worse, Estella was too weak to

W

Roxanne was