Dinner was served.

After the wait staff finished placing down the plates Iris clinked her wine glass with a spoon to get everyone's attention. "Hello! Can everyone hear me? Jonathan?"

"Yes, I can hear you, Mom," her son replied back from the other end of the table, pausing mid-sentence as he was speaking with Cindy.

"Good!" Iris smiled as she lifted up her flute to begin her toast. "Again, I want us to thank Julie, and especially her husband, for reserving this table and generously paying for dinner!"

Everyone raised their wine glass and cheered.

Iris paused to look at each person around the table before continuing. "I want wish each and every one of you a safe and joyous project ahead of you. Two years is a long time to be stuck together and you will be tested. Even though I barely know any of you I know deep in my heart that each and every one of you is a good girl and you will treat each other like a sister."

"Thank you, auntie!" the young women replied in unison, lifting up their glasses to Iris.

"Jonathan will treat you treat each of you with respect and courtesy," Iris stated, glaring at her son. "If he doesn't then I will punish him!"

Jonathan nodded. "Seriously, she definitely will!"

Everyone laughed except for his mother.

"Auntie," Lauren interjected. "I wanted to thank you on behalf of everyone here for your generosity for buying us the clothes, lingerie, and swimsuits today!" She smiled at Iris but stole a glance at Jonathan.

"Thank you, auntie!" everyone cheered and lifted up their glasses to Iris again.

"You are very welcome! It is the least I can do for such young, beautiful and intelligent women," Iris smiled, giving a look at her son. "Okay, now let us eat! Sik fan la!"

"That looks yummy!" Cindy noted as she looked at the Wagyu ribeye that Jonathan had ordered.

"Well, if I'm going to be eating red meat for the last time it might as well be eating a hundred dollar steak!" he grinned.

"Do you mind if I have a bite?" she asked with an innocent smile. "I'll trade you with my grilled ahi tuna!"

"Sure," he smiled back, cutting a piece of the densely marbled steak.

"Mmm..." Cindy moaned after took a bite of the steak that Jonathan had held up with his fork.

"Do you want try my lobster tempura, Jon?" Lauren asked as Cindy fed him a piece of her ahi tuna.

He turned around to psychologist as he savored the tuna in his mouth. "Sure," he nodded.

Lauren smiled, ignoring Cindy's glare, and held a piece of the crispy lobster tail for Jonathon to take a bite of.

He smiled back Lauren as he chewed, only to notice that she had leaned in with her mouth open. "Oh, yeah," he muttered and cut a piece of steak for her.

"Hey, what about me?" piped Allison as she stood up.

"Me too!" the rest of the girls chirped.

"Girls! There won't be much left for Jonathan to eat if he feeds all of you!" Iris scolded and the girls sat back down.

"It's okay, Mom, I'll order another one," Jonathan replied while he cut up the Wagyu ribeye into smaller bite-sized pieces to give to each of his crewmates. He stood up and walked around the table to offer each young woman a piece of his steak they thanked him with an appreciative smile and moan.