Part of Your World, #1
Part of Your World
by Abby Jimenez
Contents
Chapter 11
Overview
Daniel wakes with Alexis after their first night together, but an emergency with Popeye interrupts. At Popeye’s, Alexis reveals she is a doctor, stabilizes him, and advises follow-up care while Daniel commits to community support. Alexis then avoids public breakfast, leaving Daniel uncertain, as Popeye prophesies the town will draw her back.
Summary
Daniel wakes at 7:30 a.m. with Alexis still in his bed, savoring their intense night together. A call from Doreen reports Popeye missed his usual diner visit, prompting Daniel and Alexis to rush to Popeye’s house. They find Popeye on the bedroom floor after a fall, conscious but disheveled.
Alexis seamlessly takes charge, revealing to Daniel that she is a doctor. She evaluates Popeye’s orientation and vitals, checks his medications, and concludes he likely got dizzy from taking a pill without food. Alexis recommends follow-up with his primary care physician and suggests support services, while Daniel commits to practical solutions: arranging daily check-ins, cleaning help, and installing bathroom safety features; he plans to have Doreen give Popeye his pills with breakfast.
As Popeye showers, Daniel notices the home’s neglect and a cleaned shotgun on the table. He teases Alexis about putting on makeup early, reassuring her he doesn’t care how she looks. When Daniel proposes breakfast at the diner, Alexis declines, preferring to leave quietly and walk back, signaling reluctance to be seen publicly with him despite their closeness.
Daniel takes Popeye to the diner, where Popeye muses that the town is “alive” and will bring Alexis back, calling her a lifer. Daniel, aware of the gulf between Alexis’s career and Wakan’s limited opportunities, returns to find Alexis gone; Hunter sports her lipstick mark, and Daniel notices his black hoodie is missing, a small, hopeful token in her absence.
Who Appears
- DanielMayor and POV; wakes with Alexis, responds to Popeye’s fall, admires Alexis’s skill, arranges community support, and worries when Alexis avoids public breakfast.
- AlexisReveals she is a doctor, assesses Popeye after a fall, advises follow-up care, declines public breakfast, and leaves with Daniel’s hoodie.
- Popeye (Thomas Avery)Elderly resident who fell at home; evaluated by Alexis, cleaned up, and taken to the diner; predicts the town will bring Alexis back.
- DoreenDiner worker who alerts Daniel about Popeye’s absence and will give Popeye his pills with breakfast.
- HunterDaniel’s dog; follows Alexis affectionately and later sports her lipstick mark.