The Waitress Gave Her Last $10 to a Lost Old Man. His Billionaire Son Came Looking for Her.

Jenna was waiting at the front door with a bowl of tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich.

He looked at her, and then at the tray, and he smiled the biggest smile she had ever seen on him.

"Eileen used to order this for me," he said. "Every Sunday."

"I know," said Jenna. "You told me."

Tommy's heart surgery was a complete success. He was running around the garden by April, terrorizing the gardeners and challenging Luke to races he always won.

In June, Luke took Jenna to dinner.

Not to a fancy restaurant. To the Lakeview Diner, which he'd bought in May, after firing Sal on his first day as owner. He'd given every waitress a raise and put up a sign by the door that said Anyone who can't pay eats free.

They sat at table nine.

Arthur sat in the booth with them, in a camel coat and two slippers this time, eating a grilled cheese.

When the hot chocolate came, Luke reached into his pocket and set a small velvet box on the table.

Inside was an old-fashioned engagement ring. A small ruby in a gold setting.

"My mother's," Luke said. "Dad gave it to her at this table in 1962."

Arthur looked at the ring. His eyes filled.

"I know that ring," he said slowly. "I know it."

Jenna was crying too hard to speak.

"Jenna Price," said Luke. "You gave your last ten dollars to a man you didn't know. You gave him your sweater. You gave him his memories back. Will you give me the rest of your life?"

Before she could answer, Arthur reached across the table and took her hand.

"Say yes, dear," he said, very clearly, with a twinkle in his blue eyes. "Eileen would have loved you."

Jenna laughed through her tears.

"Yes," she said. "Yes."

Arthur Pierce lived two more years. He didn't always know what year it was, or where he was, or sometimes even who Luke was.

But he always knew Jenna.

And every Sunday, at noon, at table nine in the Lakeview Diner, the whole family sat down together for grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Arthur always saved the good chair for Eileen.

And nobody ever sat in it.