The Welina Mobile Park Is for Lovers

Summary

• The chapter is set in Welina Mobile Park and follows the protagonist, Cameron Cassmore.
• Cameron is dealing with a hangover and an early morning request from his Aunt Jeanne to deal with her landlord's issues regarding her clematis plant.
• The landlord, Jimmy Delmonico, is pressuring Aunt Jeanne to remove the vine due to complaints from another resident, Sissy Baker, who claims to have seen a snake in the plant.
• Cameron stands up for his aunt, effectively confronting Delmonico and getting him to back off.
• He spends an hour pruning the clematis before spending time with his aunt indoors, where he confronts her hoarding issue and discusses his recent unemployment and personal life.
• Aunt Jeanne reveals some of Cameron’s family history, including the neglect he suffered from his substance abusing mother, Daphne. Cameron was raised by Aunt Jeanne after Daphne abandoned him.
• Their discussion touches on his childhood friend and now thriving couple, Brad and Elizabeth, his girlfriend Katie, and his job situation.
• Cameron finds a prescription for chlamydia among Aunt Jeanne's papers and confronts her about it, leading to an awkward conversation about safe sex.
• Before he leaves, Aunt Jeanne tries to give Cameron a box of his mother’s belongings, but he refuses and departs the trailer.