Lunch proceeded at a leisurely pace with all the dishes living up to Donny's promises.

"This is absolutely delicious!" Emma exclaimed as she put down her fork after finishing the entre. "Do you eat like this all the time?"

"Donny does his best to keep us properly fed," Krystal told her. "Although, with our various schedules it's not easy keeping the food at the proper temperature."

"Speaking of which," Desire stood up. "I am going to have to pass on dessert. I have a regular due in in about half an hour and I need to get both the room and myself ready."

"Make sure Guy knows you are expecting someone," Miss Lacy reminded her. "You know how protective he is."

"I assume Guy is your Guardian of the Door?" Emma asked as Desire hurried out of the dining room.

"Yes," Miss Lacy confirmed. "And, he takes his responsibilities very seriously."

"We are lucky we have him," was Krystal's opinion.

"He has a natural instinct for spotting troublemakers," Moonlight added.

"Miss Lacy, Dr. Reid," a man's deep voice came from the dining room door. "Your visitor has arrived."

When everyone looked towards the door, they saw that Guy was escorting a worried looking, older man, who glanced anxiously around the room as he walked in.

"Father?" Reid stood up as he spoke.

"Dad?" Emma called out as she sprung from her chair and ran towards him. "Dad!"

"Emma!" Will Reid's arms closed around his daughter-in-law as she began sobbing. "Am I glad to see you! Are you okay?"

"And you, too, Spencer," he added looking over at Reid. "Are you okay?"

After hesitating for a moment, Reid joined his father and his wife in their hug. "Now I am," he assured his father. "Now I am!"

"Will Reid," Miss Lacy spoke up. "It is good to see you again!"

"You, too, Marilyn," Will Reid smiled at her. "And, I don't know how I will ever thank you - You saved my family!"

"Actually, they did most of the work by getting here," Miss Lacy told him. "My ladies just opened the door and let them in. Now, why don't you join us for dessert? We'll just slide our seats around the table here so you can sit between Spencer and Emma."

As everyone rearranged themselves around the dinner table, Star noticed that Will Reid had a huge smile on his face.

"Glad to see Emma and Spencer?" she guessed.

"She called me 'Dad', Laurel," Will Reid told her with tears in his eyes. "She actually called me 'Dad'!"

"I would assume you two know each other," Emma ventured a guess through her tears. "Seeing as how he knows your legal name."

"Yes," Star replied. "Mr. Reid here helped me out a while back."

"As I understand it, he helped out a whole group of women," Miss Lacy commented. "But, it did start with Star."

"What exactly did you do?" Reid asked his father curiously.