River
I took a deep breath and let it out as the butler announced that Don Smirnov and his sons were there. I was hoping that he wouldn't show up. "Stupid monkeys" I whispered to myself. "What about monkeys" Marcello whispered back. I smiled up at him and said "Unfortunately this is my circus and these are my monkeys." and he busted out laughing.
I had my back to the door so I couldn't see when they were all in the room. Finally, I turned around and put my back against his chest. The coffee table was close, so I propped my foot up on it. When Don Smirnov and his sons came in everyone stood up to greet him. I kept my ass firmly sitting on Marcello's lap. I wasn't showing him any respect when he didn't respect me.
Marcello whispered in my eye "Baby, we need to stand up and show respect
