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 steps. She must locate

"Essie! Where are you?"

response from the little girl. However, even after she

there were movements at a

Estella was there, so she quickly strode

she got closer, something jumped out from

shuddered in fear. She was on the verge

a wild rabbit. She let out

unknown whereabouts, her anxiety

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

skipped a beat. She wondered if that

her mind, she slowed down and cautiously approached

Estella was squatting on the ground in a pitiful condition with dirt all over her. She was crying hysterically to the point

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

Overwhelmed by fear and shock, she ran aimlessly and unknowingly entered the forest beside the road. When Estella came to her senses, she had already arrived in the deeper part

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

she accidentally fell into

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