The Welina Mobile Park Is for Lovers
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Hungover Cameron drives to the Welina Mobile Park to defend Aunt Jeanne’s clematis from a landlord citing snake complaints. He bluffs with a fact, trims the vine, and then confronts Jeanne’s hoarding and a clinic slip revealing an STI. Cameron’s backstory emerges—raised by Jeanne after his mother vanished—highlighting his instability and reluctance to engage with his past.
Summary
Cameron Cassmore, hungover after a gig, borrows Brad’s truck and heads to the Welina Mobile Park to deal with Aunt Jeanne’s landlord. He arrives at her immaculate, frog-filled yard and overhears Jeanne arguing with landlord Jimmy Delmonico about removing her clematis after a neighbor’s snake complaint.
Cameron confronts Delmonico, undercutting the claim by stating snakes cannot blink, which defuses the confrontation. Delmonico retreats, asking for trimming. Cameron spends an hour pruning the vine, then goes inside for coffee. The pristine yard contrasts with Jeanne’s cluttered, hoarded interior.
Conversation reveals Cameron was just fired from a construction project despite Jeanne pulling strings; Jeanne pushes him to keep work and praises his intelligence, which only frustrates him. He rests against her, underscoring their bond and his dependence.
A flashback fills in Cameron’s history: Jeanne raised him after his mother, Daphne, left when he was nine; Jeanne gained custody and became his family. His father is unknown, and Cameron suspects his mother’s later drug use followed his birth, a guilt he carries.
Back in the present, while Jeanne searches for something, Cameron finds clinic discharge papers showing she had chlamydia; they awkwardly discuss protection, with Jeanne joking about a partner’s reluctance. Jeanne offers Cameron a box of Daphne’s belongings, but he refuses, avoiding connection to his past as he rushes off to return the truck.
Who Appears
- Cameron Cassmore
Hungover musician; defends Aunt Jeanne’s clematis, trims it, reveals job loss, recalls being raised by Jeanne, rejects mother’s keepsakes.
- Aunt Jeanne
Cameron’s aunt and guardian; hoarder with a lush garden; clashes with landlord, had an STI, offers Daphne’s box.
- Jimmy Delmonico
Welina Mobile Park landlord; presses to remove clematis over alleged snakes, retreats after Cameron’s snake fact bluff.
- Sissy Baker
Neighbor whose complaint about blinking yellow eyes in the clematis triggers the landlord’s inspection; unseen catalyst.
- Daphne Ann Cassmore
Cameron’s absent mother; left when he was nine; her keepsakes are offered and refused.