Loose. Her heart started to beat faster. She studied it and found that one end had loose screws but the other was stuck fast. She tried to turn the nail with her fingernail and her fingernail ripped off painfully. Norah cursed and looked around for something small and thin. Nothing. f**k.
Maybe she could find a sliver of tile. She tried that, managed to pry a little piece off, and tried to use it. It snapped in her hand.
She glared at the towel rail, then grasped it with a growl and shook it violently to jerk it free. It didn’t budge. Panting, Norah was about to try again when she heard a car outside. She frowned. That was quick. Then she grinned. Yeah, it was quick …which meant they weren’t far from civilization.
She was sitting back on the floor when Lucian came in. He smiled at her.
