I get what you are saying, however, like any new acquisition, it takes money to make money. Take into consideration when they were open, they were only doing a lunch service. Then the furnace broke. They had to pay vendors to actually supply the food that they were about to cook and sell. Where do you think that money comes from?
I am fairly confident that Dee probably went into this with some cash in had to start, but if it was Everett that was supposed to continue bankrolling the beginnings, and it never came through, Dee would have no other option but to shut down.
Dee is also getting paid through Everett, so it's in her best interest to get this up and running again.
I don't know what else to say. We will see what pans out with the next batch of information.