She gave a small chuckle. "This is a very different world than 1800s Earth, my dear. Yes, I own and run this place myself. Something I never could have had in our little town, I fear. But here? this is all mine. Mine to shovel out after the snow, mine to open and close when I feel like it, mine to run how I wish to run it. And mine to welcome you into it." She unlocked the front door and held it for her.
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