CHAPTER TWENTY
Her fingers found the bottom bar of the railing but she felt them start to slip almost immediately. Somehow, the index and middle finger of her right hand clung to the bar as she slammed her left palm down on the edge of the balcony, where the tile met the metal.
She pushed up hard, getting enough leverage and height to grip the railing with her entire right hand and hook her left arm between the first and second bars. She felt an odd twinge in her left shoulder as all her weight bore down on it at an extreme angle.
Ignoring the pain, she grabbed the highest bar she could with her right hand and hooked her elbow around it while she extricated her left shoulder from its position and flung it over the top railing. Using her remaining strength and the adrenaline coursing thr
