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Well.
It was theirs.
The building and the land was, anyway. It was more than Eli could have expected, but the transaction had gone very smoothly. His bank account was smarting for it, but the job wasn't over yet. They still needed to get this place running. But for the moment, it was a good space they could put to work. He had parked in the small attached parking area and gone through the building. It was in good repair. The sign out front had been stripped down, a ghost of an Italian eatery. The would repaint, rebrand soon enough. Inside, plenty of booths and spaces for tables, big windows for light, and the kitchen in back had plenty to work with.
Beyond that, out the back where he stood now on the exit porch, there were acres of land to look over. A few trees, big ones, but mostly it was a lot of grass and dirt, waiting to be put to good use. He was trying to figure out where they could put a coyote clubhouse, if they wanted it attached to the main building or if they wanted something a little further removed but... well, that was part of why he'd invited two of his fellows out here today. Pick their brains.
Waiting on them now, he still felt pretty good. Confident, even that this would work. And that it would feel good. Still charmed by the idea of being dog-friendly. The Dusty Mutts and their Dog Run. Was it sticking? Yes. Absolutely.