Free Committed by E. H. Reinhard

from the refrigerator held a flat-screen television at the top and a fireplace at the bottom.
    “This thing has a fireplace?” Molly asked.
    Nick quickly interrupted. “Yeah, babe, remember when I showed you that you could get that?”
    “I think I would have remembered that,” she said.
    “Turns on with a remote control,” Joey said.
    “Oh, that’s so cool,” Molly said.
    “Come on, I’ll show you the back,” Joey said.
    Nick and Molly followed Joey into the hallway located between the refrigerator and the fireplace.
    “This is the bath, here,” Joey said. He opened the door on the right.
    Nick and Molly poked their heads in to look, and Nick nodded in approval.
    “And we have a small spare sleeping area with bunks here.” Joey opened the door directly across from the restroom. Nick and Molly repeated the process of looking into the room, not much deeper than a closet with a pair of bunk beds inside.
    “And back here is the main bedroom.”
    Nick and Molly entered. Nick quickly glanced over his shoulder to see Heather standing in the kitchen area, staring back at them. Then he looked back into the room, where a king-size bed took up most of the floor space. A pair of nightstands sat to the bed’s sides. The back of the RV was cabinets to the sides of two mirrored closet doors. To the left were more cabinets surrounding another television.
    “What has your mileage been like?” Nick asked. He figured it to be a suitable question.
    Joey waved Molly and Nick from the bedroom and had a seat on the couch near the television and fireplace. Heather stood in the kitchen, pouring herself another glass of wine. Molly walked toward her with her empty glass and then put her back to the granite counter near the oven.
    “We’ve only taken one trip this year where I actually tried to pay attention to the mileage,” Joey said. “We went and visited Heather’s parents in Phoenix right after we got it. I think it was around eight miles a gallon, staying around the speed limit. Not too bad, but then again, it’s no economy car. That mileage was with a dinghy, so I’m guessing it could have been a little better.”
    “Dinghy?” Molly asked.
    “Towing a vehicle,” Joey said. “You guys will have to get up to speed with your RV lingo.”
    “For sure,” Nick said.
    “Well, aside from the upgrades in here, we also ended up getting the entertainment package for outside. Have you seen that?”
    “No,” Nick said. “What’s that consist of?” Nick reached into his back pocket and took the handle of his garrote in his hand.
    “Let me show you.” Joey stood from the couch and headed for the door of the vehicle.
    “Actually, Joey,” Nick said. “Can you show me the cockpit?”
    “Oh, absolutely,” Joey said.
    He walked Nick to the front and had him take a seat behind the wheel. Joey went through the various controls of the vehicle with Nick. Nick glanced back at Molly, still in the same spot in the galley. The man’s wife was playing on her phone a few feet away.
    Nick looked back at Joey. “How long were you guys planning on staying?” he asked.
    “Well, we paid for a week. Heather and I are making our way out west to see some family.”
    “Sure,” Nick said. “So, as far as getting these things hooked up to power, water, sewer, all that when you arrive at a place like this, and then getting everything disconnected, how does that work? We never did it with the one we’d borrowed.”
    “I could go through it with you in the morning if you like. We’re on our own right now—not hooked up to anything for the night. It was dark when we rolled in—figured I’d relax, have a few beers, and take care of all the hookups in the morning, you know?”
    “Cool. Yeah, that would be great.”
    “Do you want to go and check out the entertainment outside?” Joey asked. “It’s pretty neat, actually. Just above the basement doors, there’s a grill that pops out, television and stereo, the