Chapter 279 Guilt

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“Essie, is that you?”

Roxanne grew certain she did not imagine the sobs and started to feel more hopeful.

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.

the hole, Estella saw Roxanne smiling at

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

were red, and her cheeks were smeared with dirt from when she had wiped her tears earlier. She appeared very pitiable

was finally there to rescue her 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

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

while she looked

so loudly that

found a sufficiently long tree branch after much difficulty. After bringing the stick to the edge of the hole and trying

to losing her voice after yelling

her face, and

of the tree branch. There was still some length to

forward and pushed the tree branch further

seize the other end of

hands around the tree branch, Roxanne gritted her teeth and pulled with all her might to drag Estella out of the

left in her after starving for

things worse, Estella was too

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