All Chapters of Don't Stop, Daddy: Chapter 101 - Chapter 103

The mask had always been fragile. Sierra knew that now, staring at herself in the mirror as the pale morning light filtered into her room. Her reflection was a stranger. Flushed lips, bruised wrists, eyes ringed with exhaustion and guilt. No amount of makeup or practiced smiles could hide the truth she carried inside.The crumbling mask was slipping, and soon, someone would see.Downstairs, the house stirred with life. Her mother hummed faintly in the kitchen, the scent of coffee drifting up the staircase. Damien’s voice rumbled low, calm and steady, playing the part of the devoted husband. Sierra’s stomach twisted.She pressed a hand to her chest, as if she could keep her heart from breaking out of her ribs. It shouldn’t feel like this desire and dread intertwined so tightly that she could no longer tell them apart.But when she closed her eyes, it was Damien’s face she saw. Damien’s voice whispering her name in the dark. Damien’s hands that had held her so tightly she thought she mi

The house had never felt so heavy with silence.It wasn’t the comfortable quiet of routine or the easy lull of family life anymore. It was the kind of silence that pressed against Sierra’s skin, the kind that made her second guess every sound her footsteps made on the polished floorboards. She could feel her mother’s eyes on her even when she wasn’t in the room. Watching. Measuring. Waiting.The tension had been building for days now, curling tighter around Sierra’s throat with every conversation. Her mother’s questions weren’t direct, no accusation yet, no screaming confrontation but they carried weight.“Where were you this afternoon?”“Damien mentioned you were out who were you with?”“You look tired, Sierra. Are you keeping something from me?”Each one was disguised as concern, but Sierra heard what lingered beneath: suspicion.She sat at the dining table one evening, twisting her fork in her untouched food while her mother smiled across from her, too sharp, too still. Damien sat