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. 

felt more guilt–ridden at the sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she did not dare

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 body covered

there to rescue her after she waited for so long. Estella began

saw Estella wailing her lungs out. “Don‘t cry, Essie. I‘m going to find something to pull

searched her surroundings for something that could help

consoled Estella while she looked

she could not even hear

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

here and grab this tree branch. I‘ll pull you up.” Roxanne was close to losing her voice after yelling

face,

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

and pushed the tree

could Estella seize the other end of the tree

Estella wrapped her 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 the whole night and walking for so long inside the

was too weak to cooperate

rooted to her spot. Instead, Roxanne was

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