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. 

sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she

and nose 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

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

help her pull Estella

consoled Estella while

so loudly that she

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 tree branch if the latter

Roxanne was close to losing her voice after yelling excessively earlier. She cleared her throat to make her

on her face, and tiptoed to grasp

There was still some length

She crawled forward and pushed the tree

seize the other end of the tree

the tree branch, Roxanne gritted her teeth and

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

Estella was too weak to cooperate

two exerted force simultaneously, Estella remained rooted to her spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged

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