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.

her teeth and hastened her steps. She must locate

"Essie! Where are you?"

hoping to receive any response from the little girl.

were movements at

Estella was there, so

closer, something jumped out from the

on the

it was just a wild

whereabouts, her anxiety intensified, and she walked forward at a

she had reached, Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound of

She wondered

down and cautiously approached the origin of

squatting on the ground in a pitiful condition with

hotel in the afternoon, intending to return to the botanical garden to

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

possible, but she failed to find her way

she accidentally fell into a

her attempts were unfruitful due to the slippery, moss-covered walls. She repeatedly fell back to the bottom of the hole after trying to climb out a few