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.

Roxanne gritted her teeth and hastened her steps. She must locate

"Essie! Where are you?"

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

movements

was there, so she quickly strode

got closer, something jumped out from the

in fear. She was on the verge of screaming due

taking a closer look, she realized that it was just a wild rabbit.

Estella's unknown whereabouts, her

reached, Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound of intermittent

skipped a beat. She wondered if that was

her mind, she slowed down and cautiously approached the origin of

a deep pit, Estella was squatting on the ground in a pitiful condition with dirt all over her. She was

had run out of the hotel in the afternoon, intending to return to the botanical garden

and shock, she ran aimlessly and unknowingly entered the forest beside the road. When Estella came to her senses, she

as quickly as possible, but she failed to find her

she accidentally fell

slippery, moss-covered walls. She repeatedly fell back