7The Love of a Good WomanBilly opened his apartment door to Tazia’s insistent banging at around five am London time. Her agitated knocking devolved into loud rhythmic kicking before he finally pulled open the door, narrowly avoiding a hard blow to his lower body.
With her flight delayed in Turin and then the shuttle train to the city also late, Tazia’s aggravation was further exacerbated once she’d finally gotten to the Docklands district where Billy lived and tried to grab a quick bite to eat. Her meal hadn’t been agreeable. He’d struggled and screamed, causing the neat cut from her feeding knife in his neck to turn into a jagged gash.
In annoyance, she’d punched the middle-aged businessman into unconsciousness so she could feed properly then tried to stem the tide of blood that still s
