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. 

at the sight of Estella‘s face. Yet, she did not dare to express her emotions because she did not want Estella to be

eyes and nose were red, and her cheeks were smeared with dirt from

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

anxious when she saw Estella wailing her 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 Estella up as she

while she

Estella was bawling so loudly that she could not even

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

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

up, wiped the tears on her face,

only touch the tip of the tree branch. There was still some length to be

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

the other end of the

wrapped her hands around the tree branch, Roxanne gritted her teeth and pulled with all her might to drag Estella out of the

much strength left in her after starving for the whole night and walking for

worse, Estella was too weak

Instead, Roxanne was tugged forward, causing half her body to

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