Character Interview: Nick Cameron

Character Interview:  Nick
Cameron

The Showboat Affair




TWP:  Yesterday we
spoke with Jean Kingston. Now her new love interest Nick Cameron has agreed to
weigh in.




NC:  Love interest? I
know I’m older, but somehow that seems flippant to me. I love Jean. I’m in love
with her.




TWP:  It’s apparent
she feels the same toward you. Tell us about yourself, Mr. Cameron.




NC:  I’m an attorney.
My son Charlie is my partner. He’s married to Dixie,
the third member of the firm.




TWP:  A family affair.




NC:  You could say
that, although Charlie…well, Charlie is opposed to my relationship with Jean,
and I’m not sure why.




TWP:  You lost your
first wife, I believe.




NC:  Twenty years ago.
Charlie was eight. Sarah had seen me through law school, and we were finally
able to buy a house and start a family. Two years later, she was diagnosed with
an aggressive form of breast cancer.




TWP:  A terrible
thing.




NC:  She fought for
six years. I borrowed money to pay for the best treatment available until the
oncologist said it was no use. She died a few weeks later.




TWP:  And you’ve been
alone since then?




NC:  I was never
interested in another woman until I met Jean. She’s changed my life.




TWP:  I understand her
daughter is opposed to the relationship also.




NC:  I think Juliana
would be opposed to anything her mother did.




TWP:  Do you know
Jean’s soon-to-be ex-husband?




NC:  I’m acquainted
with him. He has a well-known investment firm in Houston. He’s…well, he doesn’t know what he’s
lost, but as far as I’m concerned, Jean is well out of that marriage. She put
up with his philandering for over thirty years.




TWP:  So do the two of
you have plans to marry anytime soon?




NC:  Her divorce won’t
be final for several months. And besides that, she’s finding herself for the
first time--at least, professionally. I want her to have every chance to make a
go of her business.




TWP:  But you really
don’t want to wait on that.




NC:  From a selfish
standpoint, no, I don’t, but she has the right to her independence. She’s
earned it.




TWP:  She said the two
of you are getting away…taking a trip to Branson,
Missouri. I suggested the
showboat dinner cruise.




NC:  Actually, I’d
already made plans for that. It’s a surprise for her. I’m going to…well, it’s a
surprise.




TWP:  We wish you both
the best. Enjoy the trip, and be careful. She said you’d each had an incident
of physical danger recently.




NC:  The police think
they’re related, but I’m not sure. But I am
sure we’ll be very careful. I don’t want to lose Jean…lose this chance at a new
life.




TWP:  I’ll raise a
glass to a new, happy life for both of you!




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