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. 

Estella‘s face. Yet, she did

cheeks were smeared with dirt from

finally there to rescue her after she waited for so long. Estella began crying harder after a

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

searched her surroundings for something that could help her pull

while

she could not even

long tree branch 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

to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She cleared her

glanced up, wiped the tears on her face, and tiptoed to grasp

the tree branch. There was still some

pushed the tree branch

could Estella seize the other end of the tree

her teeth and pulled with all her might to drag Estella out of

for the whole

too weak to cooperate with her.

spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged

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