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.

hastened her

"Essie! Where are you?"

she moved deeper into the forest, hoping to receive any response from the little girl.

movements

shone. She thought Estella was there,

something jumped

the verge of screaming due to the

closer look, she realized that it was just a wild rabbit. She let out a sigh of

unknown whereabouts, her anxiety intensified, and she

could vaguely hear the sound of intermittent sobs around

beat. She wondered if that was Estella

in her mind, she slowed down and cautiously approached

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

afternoon, intending to return to the botanical garden to look for

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

to leave that place as quickly as possible, but she failed to find her way out.

accidentally fell

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