Billy! Her heart leaped.

There would be trouble, but Billy would save her from him.

She'd like to see him try and beat Billy up.
With a quick movement, she jerked the photograph from its niche and threw it face down upon the chest of drawers.

It fell beside a small square case of dark and tarnished leather.

With a feeling as of profanation she again seized the offending photograph and flung it across the room into a corner.