Chapter 279 Drowning in Guilt

“Estie, is that you?” 

The cries that Rosalie had heard grew clearer. Her expectations grew as well. 

Estie stopped crying after hearing the pretty aunt’s voice. “A-Aunt?” Rosalie let out a sigh of relief after hearing her voice. She quickly walked in the direction of Estie’s voice. 

She had just taken a few steps forward when she slipped. Rosalie’s heart lurched as she held onto a nearby tree for support. She managed to stabilize herself. 

She lowered her head and caught sight of a deep pit covered by grass and some logs. Estie was curled up at the bottom of the pit. “Estie?” Rosalie’s heart hurt when she saw the little girl. 

A ray of light shone from above the crater. Estie raised her head and looked up. The pretty aunt was looking at her with a look of relief on her face. 

Rosalie felt guiltier when she got a clear view of Estie’s face. However, she did not dare to express

and nose were all red and swollen. Her face was full of mud stains that were left behind when

time, the pretty aunt had finally come to rescue her. It took

from crying. Rosalie felt extremely panicked. “Estie, don’t cry. I’ll find

that she could use to pull Estie up

looking for any items that she could use. However, Estie kept crying loudly. She could not listen to her at all. Rosalie finally managed to find a long tree branch. She took it over to try it out. Estie could reach it if she got on her tiptoes.

stop crying. Come on, grab onto this tree branch. I’ll pull you up.” Rosalie’s

at the branch. She wiped her tears away

branch. The branch had to be closer to

then handed the branch over to Estie.

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