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. 

she did not

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 body

waited

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

searched her surroundings for something that could help her pull Estella up as she spoke.

consoled Estella while she looked

so loudly that she

After bringing the stick to the edge of the hole and

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

tears on her face,

There was still some length to be covered for

frowned. She crawled forward and pushed the tree branch further into the hole.

Estella seize the other end of the

gritted her teeth and

after starving for the whole night and walking for so long inside the forest.

Estella was too weak to cooperate

spot. Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing half her body to hang over the

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