Chapter 279

Drowning in Guilt “Estie, is that you?” 

The cries that Rosalie had heard grew clearer. Her expectations grew as well. 

Estie stopped crying after hearing the pretty aunt’s voice. “A-Aunt?” Rosalie let out a sigh of relief after hearing her voice. She quickly walked in the direction of Estie’s voice. 

She had just taken a few steps forward when she slipped. Rosalie’s heart lurched as she held onto a nearby tree for support. She managed to stabilize herself. 

She lowered her head and caught sight of a deep pit covered by grass and some logs. Estie was curled up at the bottom of the pit. “Estie?” Rosalie’s heart hurt when she saw the little girl. 

A ray of light shone from above the crater. Estie raised her head and looked up. The pretty aunt was looking at her with a look of relief on her face. 

here.” Rosalie felt guiltier when she got a clear view of Estie’s face. However, she did not dare

swollen. Her face was full of mud stains that were left behind when she wiped her tears off. She looked just like

to rescue her. It took Estie a while to come to a realization. She then

don’t cry. I’ll find something that I can use to pull you up.”

looking for something that she could use to pull Estie up in

use. However, Estie kept crying loudly. She could not listen to her at all. Rosalie finally managed to find a long tree branch. She took it over to try it out. Estie could reach it if

Come on, grab onto this tree branch. I’ll pull you up.” Rosalie’s

head to glance at the branch. She wiped her tears away and got on her

she could only touch the branch. The branch had to be closer to her before she

and crawled forward. She then handed the branch

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