The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 278

The forest was dark. Roxanne could only rely on her torchlight because the faint moonlight was insufficient to illuminate the path ahead of her.

She walked carefully inside the forest, not knowing where she was.

Roxanne only knew Estella was nowhere in sight thus far in her venture into the woods.

After sending Archie and Benny back to the hotel, she checked the messages in the WhatsApp group and noticed none of the other parents had seen Estella.

No one has yet to search the forest. This is the only place left. If Essie is really in here...

Roxanne felt more frightened the more she dwelled on that thought.

Even she was scared of being alone in that environment, not to mention Estella, who was just a little girl.

Essie would not have come inside here if it weren't for me.

that thought, Roxanne gritted her teeth and hastened her steps. She must locate Estella as soon as

"Essie! Where are you?"

shouted Estella's name as she moved deeper into the forest, hoping to receive any response from the little girl. However, even after she shouted until her voice turned hoarse,

were movements at a bush

thought Estella was there,

as she got closer, something

was on the verge

she realized that it was just a wild rabbit. She let out

was reminded of Estella's unknown whereabouts, her anxiety intensified, and she walked forward at

she had reached, Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound of

skipped a beat. She wondered if

down and cautiously approached the origin of the

pitiful condition with dirt

of the hotel in the afternoon, intending

a snake suddenly appeared beside the road. Overwhelmed by fear and shock, she ran aimlessly and unknowingly entered the forest beside the road. When Estella

failed to find her way out. Her surroundings grew darker the more she

fell into a

the slippery, moss-covered walls. She repeatedly fell back to the bottom of the hole after trying to climb out a