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

"Essie! Where are you?"

Estella's name as she moved deeper into the forest, hoping to receive any response from the

movements

was there, so she

as she got closer, something jumped out from the

fear. She was on the

that it was just a wild rabbit. She let

Estella's unknown whereabouts, her anxiety intensified, and she walked

reached, Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound of intermittent sobs around

skipped a beat. She wondered

down and cautiously approached

in a pitiful condition with dirt all over her. She was crying hysterically

had run out of the hotel in the afternoon, intending

she ran aimlessly and unknowingly entered

to leave that place as quickly as possible, but she failed to find her way out. Her surroundings grew darker the more she stumbled

she accidentally fell into a

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