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

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

she waited for so long. Estella began crying

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

surroundings for something that could help her pull Estella

consoled Estella while

bawling so loudly that she could not even hear Roxanne‘s

after 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 if the latter

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

tears on her face, and tiptoed to grasp the

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

She crawled forward and pushed the

seize the other end of

teeth and

in her after starving for the whole night and walking for so

things worse, Estella was too weak to cooperate with

W

simultaneously, Estella remained rooted to her spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing half her body to hang over the