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.

shining into the hole, Estella saw Roxanne smiling at her in

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

as 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 and her

waited for so

when she saw Estella wailing her lungs out.

her surroundings for something that could help

consoled Estella while she

bawling so loudly that she

to the edge of the hole and trying its length, Roxanne figured Estella could reach the other end of the tree branch if

grab this tree branch. I’ll pull you up.” Roxanne was close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier.

wiped the tears on her

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

crawled forward and pushed the

Estella seize the other end of the

teeth and pulled with all her

not have much strength left in her after starving for the whole

Estella was too weak

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