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 not dare to express her emotions because she

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

Roxanne was finally there to rescue her after she waited for so long. Estella began crying

when she saw Estella wailing her lungs out. “Don‘t

could help her pull Estella

while she

loudly that she

branch after much difficulty. After bringing the stick to the edge of the hole and trying its length, Roxanne figured

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

up, wiped the tears on her face, and tiptoed to grasp the tree branch.

she could only touch the tip of the tree branch. There was still some length to be covered for her to take hold of the

and pushed the tree branch

other end

Estella wrapped her hands around the tree branch, Roxanne gritted her teeth and pulled with all

in her after starving for

things worse, Estella was too weak to cooperate

Roxanne was tugged

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