i dragged a folder and replaced an old one

Oh my goodness😭 Can someone tell me if I have any hope of recovering my illustrator file and picture file??

i had a folder called “support” and it had an illustrator file that I had worked on for hours and also a photo that I had linked in the Ai file and that photo is no longer available on the internet.

i dragged and dropped another folder called “support” with other content and accidentally replaced the first one 😭😭😭😭😭😭

i tried to check Time Machine but apparently I had never set it up ???? So I don’t see previous days to restore to.

then I downloaded Disk Drill and I did a full search on my external hard drive but I couldn’t find the files I was missing.

i even clicked cmd + shift + . In order to show hidden folders and I checked the trash folder on my external hard drive but it wasn’t there either 😭😭😭😭😭😭 what can I do???