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.

and hastened her steps. She must locate Estella as soon

"Essie! Where are you?"

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

were movements

thought Estella was

something jumped

was on the verge of screaming due to

was just a wild rabbit.

her anxiety intensified,

not knowing where she had reached, Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound of intermittent sobs

a beat. She wondered if

that thought in her mind, she slowed down and cautiously approached the

Estella was squatting on the ground in a pitiful condition with

afternoon, intending to return to the botanical garden to

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

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

she accidentally fell into

to the slippery, moss-covered walls. She repeatedly fell back to the