All Comments on 'A Town Without Honor Ch. 01'

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AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Welcome back!

I have missed your stories and hope there are more to come.

tazz317tazz317about 7 years ago
A LITTLE BIT OF "BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK"

the morals are still prevalent, TK U MLJ LV NV

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
BAD

Another I hate women story.B.T.B again over and over

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago

i love his anger, get him more angry, torch everybody. yas i love it

gara5289gara5289about 7 years ago
Good story so far but...

My only issue is the complete disregard he seems to have for his kids. His sister is a mouthy bitch but the way he acted towards them gives her words a smidgen of credence (which bothers me - sign of good writing). Good plot and story so far. He's very much gotten his revenge already so i'm curious what chapter 2 will be.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Meh

There are 2 TxTallTales. The good one writes fun fuck fests.

The bad one writes angsty overwrought melodrama.

smmhomesmmhomeabout 7 years ago
Intriguing

This is edge of your seat stuff... not filled with explosions, racy sex scenes, car chases, and the like... It's real drama and very compelling. Thanks.

Silly thoughts...

I've heard about a town without pity... but without honor? I wonder... will the story be about the town's? or about Honor's future?

Honor is his name; it's who he is... can a man with honor find peace? love? and understanding?

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
welcome back!

Good to see you posting again.A very good beginning!Looking forward to the rest of it.

petertowerspetertowersabout 7 years ago
Interesting

I found the tale very entertaining. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for posting it.

Cardswin2011Cardswin2011about 7 years ago
Damn....

Nice to see you back, and with an asskicker of a story. Can't wait for Chapter 02.

kimi1990kimi1990about 7 years ago
An embarrassment of riches!

My problem is which one to read next!!! Now that's a good problem to have! I'm reading the shorter ones first. This was an awesome story by an awesome writer. Nothing negative to say about this. Looking forward to chapter two. Five, of course.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
This is awesome

I love this story. Please for the love of god don't cuck him and make him go back to that town and Beth. For once I want to read about a guy who just says fuck it and moves on. Let Honor move to a different state and move on!

DarkPulseDarkPulseabout 7 years ago
Harping on the heartstrings

While going full on demolition may be excessive, one cannot blame Honor for his other actions. He tried to do everything right, but it appears it wasn't enough. Will Beth be redeemed? Will Honor move on? What comes in the aftermath? Excellent job, I'm curious where his story will go next.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Thank you TxTallTales

First, I'd like to thank you for writing - and sharing - your stories.

Second, I am a believer in constructive criticism but I find that most viewers aren't. I have been a big fan of yours for many a year now and you are one of the authors thatI will read regardless of the story category.

Third, yay for Honor! Thank you for a character that acts like a man!

SystemShockSystemShockabout 7 years ago
Very nice

Can't wait for the next installment. Here's hoping Honor sticks to his guns and doesn't let those traitors compromise his values and morals just to save their own hides. It's clear why no one told him, even though nearly all of them at least suspected what was happening. They knew that if the "power couple" broke up, it would mean nothing but bad news for the company.

Maybe he was a bit of a hard-ass when he didn't *need* to be, but if he ends up seeing it that way, let the new people in his life benefit from him lightening up. He doesn't owe the old crowd anything, while they owe him more than they can ever repay. They need him far more than he ever needed them, so he'll be fine wherever he decides to go. I like his character, and I wouldn't be at all opposed to reading about him settling somewhere else, building himself a new life and maybe a new company. Or just enjoying what life has to offer now that he's free from the stress of having so many people depending on him.

gldngolfergldngolferabout 7 years ago
More!

More dammit! hope you don't delay on posting the rest of the story.

WF06WF06about 7 years ago
Wow!

I think that title says it best. Wow! What a start to a story. Start??? Yes, start, as it is unfinished, to me at least. It screams, demands, and even begs for at least another chapter to allow Honor to fix himself regardless of what that fix might be. I could see it going either way, but given what we have read, I fear it would be in a different local with a different cast of characters. Perhaps a softening of his feeling for his wife and sister. I don't know, and you are one of the legends, which is why this story is here. Please finish it. I know not stories have a happy ending like those I have written tend to have, but we can hope. Because of my personal feeling about marriage and even forgiveness, I do not think I could ever write a decent story for this category. Keep up your awesome work. I always look forward to seeing something new from you and a several of the other legends. WF06

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
wow

just crazy! honor may be a hard-ass, but someone had to be. smoking pot affects you longer than nicotine does. inside a manufacturing business, even in just loading? he could have gotten himself or others hurt or killed. As for the office romance, we'll someone had to stop it since no one else was trying. rumors were already likely spreading and no one did anything because they didn't want to risk their livelihood and place in the community. Honor is just being blamed because he put his foot down. yeah he is a hard-ass but someone had to be. Now the people are using it as an excuse to explain why no one wanted to rock the boat rather than because they didn't want to loose their golden goose. please update!

foolscapfoolscapabout 7 years ago
Well written but not a sympathetic character in the lot (except the kids)

It was very hard to suspend disbelief, Honor is so rigid and Beth, Fred, Mrs Nolan, et al are caricatures at least to me way of thinking.

I fear that TxTallTales will use this story to shift the blame to Honor for being rigid and cold and unlikable and he is all of those things but reconciliation without remorse on the part of all will leave a bad taste in the mouth and give me heartburn, like a MM story

zafusitterzafusitterabout 7 years ago
Great Story

Unlike some here I like Honor just fine. He looks like a good friend to me. Some people wave at you shoveling your driveway and some people grab a shovel and help you do it. All Honor's friend were smiling wavers. He's a guy that grabs the shovel.

Pappy7Pappy7about 7 years ago
Good start and a business has to run by the rules.

There is oversight everywhere, audits, safety inspections and sometimes just work place interviews about working conditions and atmosphere. What would happen if OSHA pulled up to the docks for a surprise inspection and cousin was smoking a joint out there and told them that he did it all the time and that since he was family it was ok. If they checked with other employees and were told he did it all the time the shit would hit the fan. They have no sense of humor. Then someone comes in to do an audit and something is a little off and they do interviews and discover that the CFO is fucking the COO while married to the CEO, a lot of SHIT will hit the fan. And then they find that one of the supervisors is screwing one of her subordinates and someone is upset about favoritism. Well, there are enough fines there to shut down Texas Instruments. Wife was a stupid and faithless woman, Mama was disloyal and faithless, sister was an absolute bitch who was jealous and unappreciative of the job he did and had done for his family. He gave up his childhood to take care of them when his father died. He never learned to be a good old boy. He did everything he did to keep the business afloat and to enhance the profit and thus the profit sharing. The whole family and the whole town should have kissed his ass until he barked like a fox. Fuck a bunch of liking him, respect him and honor him and all will be well.

Hopefully TTT will allow him to escape with his balls and his honor intact, but he usually doesn't so much. If this can be wrapped up in one more chapter all should be well. Well done and I liked it. Welcome back. 4 stars because I didn't like any of his family or employees. He was ok and his kids were great.

MbgdallasMbgdallasabout 7 years ago
What an asshole!

Honor? Honor? He didn't have any honor! He was just an asswipe that thought he was better than anyone else.

He never listened. People who love people listen and at least try to forgive. It may not have worked in the end due to the lack of trust but at least he should have tried.

He got what he deserved from everyone. He had no respect for the other people thinking he was better than them but they knew him to the core. They couldn't afford to tell him becasue they knew how he would react.

Sorry excuse for a human being.

auhunter04auhunter04about 7 years ago
just some mumbling

I believe it was Thomas Jefferson said something like this. He who steals my wallet steals trash. He who steals my honor steals my soul.

This whole fucking town stole his honor, why shouldn't he be a touch ticked off

oshawoshawabout 7 years ago

So glad to see you returning to LW. I can't wait to see your conclusion to this story. Simply, an incredible effort.

BuzzCzarBuzzCzarabout 7 years ago
Superb

'I was 33, she was 29. My world ended.' Powerful.

shadowjack17shadowjack17about 7 years ago
For those not from the Republic...

This is awesome, by the by (okay, a personal comment about the writing and not the plot). For those of you from Some Where Else (aka NOT the Republic), there are some deeply ingrained concepts drilled into young men and women of this one relatively small part of a supposedly kinder and gentler whole, ideas born out of a shared idea of scratching out a living from a harsh and unforgiving soil (well, except for the area around Tyler, but I'm sure they wish they could be from West Texas also) and a man holding on to what he had by mere hard work and...

honor.

I watched the grandest lady of them all run a salesman off her ranch without ever raising her voice because he reached for his briefcase to bring out a paper contract to sign. "Young man, this is Texas and this is Johnson County and here we do business with Lone Star Beer and a handshake. Kindly remove yourself from my property, please."

Texicans get this. The rest of you? Probably not as well.

And it's STILL a well-written piece and TTT is still one of my favorite authors. 'Nough said.

Brendan

FreewheelFreewheelabout 7 years ago
Disappointed

Your started out great, I thought this was the best yet (Legends Day). However, the group sex with Fred and his brother was a bit far fetched. Then you rushed the ending. Great potential but didn't deliver.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Very rarely do I await a second instalment with baited breath....

But wow...

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
WOW

As the old saying goes .

With friends and family like these who needs enemies!!!!!!

I hope Honor gets even with all of them .And finds him a good women .

SqueezeplaySqueezeplayabout 7 years ago
Superb Job

The age ranges in the story reminded me of the Frank Sinatra ballad "It was a very good year". Powerful effect. To Brenden, in the immortal words of J.R. Ewing, another sort of famous Texan, contracts are made to be broken but a handshake is forever".

dawg_of_wardawg_of_warabout 7 years ago
WOW

Triple T, was so glad to see a new story from you! Great first chapter, I'm hooked.

5 stars

DoW

AhazuraAhazuraabout 7 years ago
amazing

once again I am in awe of your talent. Maybe it is a personal thing but I totally relate to the main char. If you don't have a moral compass what else do you have? I anxiously await the rest of the story and thank you so much for publishing again!!

Ahaz

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
That is the best fucking story I've ever read!!!!

Thrilling.

ju8streadingju8streadingabout 7 years ago

dam i hope there is another part to this

Tx Tall TalesTx Tall Talesabout 7 years agoAuthor
Thanks for all the comments and votes

I was a bit in a hurry to get this posted. I was the last (or perhaps second to last) to get their stories submitted on the last day. I've always been a bit of a procrastinator. BlackRandl1958 goaded me into getting it submitted on time - or close to it. I ended up leaving out my typical opening and closing statements.

I should have mentioned that Randi edited this for me. I don't often use an editor, but I am grateful for her assistance. She really is good.

This is a long story, 6 or 7 chapters depending on how I break up the last three which I'm still editing for content and grammar. Chapter two was submitted yesterday and is till pending. Chapter three will be submitted sometime today (3/18). All chapters have been written but the last three are still being cleaned up. I don't expect there will be more than 2-3 days between any of them.

I started writing this story back in 2012. By 2013 I had four chapters complete. When I was invited to this event, I was down to my last 10K words. For anyone who doesn't write, please understand this: Starting is easy. Hell, I have over a hundred 'started' stories, some of them quite large. One is already 14 chapters long. Yes, starting is easy; it's the finish that's difficult. Finishing this one was like pulling teeth, and went a couple of different ways before I was satisfied with the ending.

When I write my fluff pieces, which I enjoy immensely, I rarely go into as much character development as I do with my romances and LW stories. I don't like writing 'Mary Sues' - perfect characters. All my characters have flaws, they're only human after all.

Thanks again to my readers, my fellow authors who delivered so much fun reading, and to Randi for pulling this thing together.

xtremeddxtremeddabout 7 years ago
Well this should clear up who is a Great and ...

who is an aspiring writer.

Great story and writing Tx T T.

Thanks for sharing it with us on Lit.

x

njlaurennjlaurenabout 7 years ago
Well written

As always. The problem with honor is he took the burden of everyone on himself and in the process saw other people as burdens rather than as people, honor among other things is realizing for all the good things you can do for people, the biggest thing you can give other people is to open up to them and show them you are human. That doesn't excuse Beth, what she did was cruel and selfish, and she can't even tell honor why she did it,it almost seemed to be spite.And the family that claims he has to respect family turned their back on him, they didn't have to cover for Beth, they could have told honor before she cheated or read her the riot act and threatened her with telling Honor, but they didn't, and it was selfish,they sided with Beth and did so in part to keep the gravy Train going.

Some readers won't like it but honor and Beth could reconcite, but honor will need to get out of the burden put on him by his dad,where all he saw was duty that turned him into this rigid person, And Beth would need to truly show remorse, and the family would need to realize they shit on him without looking at the burden they placed on him, they sided with Beth because they saw honor as a hard ass, when maybe they should have been taking the burden off of him and allowing him to be human,to be family

He also isn't so honorable, his actions towards his kids is cold and cruel, his betrayal of them shows how dark he is.

It is a complex story and I hope TT can come up with a suitably complex ending, maybe one as happy as this part was dark, at the very least honor learning what honor and love mean and maybe those betraying him realize they helped create the monster and find a way to make amends.

payenbrantpayenbrantabout 7 years ago
Very nice!

Oh this is soooo TX! What we all see seems so clear cut and dried. A hard but good and honest man does his best for his community and is shafted by his wife and family who have a screwed up view of reality.

I know.....I KNOW. ..The twist is coming.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Back with a Vengeance

Oh it's so great to have TX back at Literotica. I'm checking this page a couple of times a day looking for part 2, and then the other parts TX has promised will follow. I absolutely love the development of the main character Honor and look forward to where this will lead.

I think TX just hit the other "Legends" writers out of the ball park!

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Great story, sad but great

Please,please,please if you write another chapter dont make it have him going back to her cheating ass or helping out the family that screwed him over or running the business again.....he did what his dad asked him to do and that was take care of family and all of them screwed him over. The character deserves better than to end up a cockold who is left with no respect from family and towns folk....Please

kdcee79kdcee79about 7 years ago
Great start

I just hope you can deliver with the rest of the story. I tend to agree with his sister a bit, he was not the most likeable person, however I can certainly understand his pain & need for revenge especially against the cheaters. Well done. 5 *****

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
they all don't get do they?

And I hope you, dear writer, get it!

Don't turn him into

a wimp?

a cucload?

a reformed cuckold?

oh and btw f@ck the townspeople.

Honor needs Honor

He's a good man. Honor him at least

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago

How long til the next chapter? Been years since you posted anything, going to be the same for the next part? And please don't have him taking the slut back.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Great story

A few comments:

Why would he tell the wife to handle the kids DNA testing? Seems like putting a fox in charge of guarding the chickens. The confrontation with the wife could have been better. He let the wife get away with claiming she only got together with her lover "three times". He should have contested that statement, by saying that he heard they spent most of the week together on multiple occasions. Was she counting fucking him on multiple days over the course of a week as being "one time"? He should have mentioned that he heard they were even sufficiently indiscrete and disrespectful as to go to a restaurant and hold hands. That clearly indicates premeditation, and a lack of concern about his feelings, or whether the marriage continued. The hand-holding implies emotional involvement. And yet, she claims that it was just sex, and she doesn't like this guy? He should have called her a liar for trying to downplay things. Why didn't he ask her how, when, and why she started fucking the second guy? Why didn't he say she sure looked like an active and willing participant when he saw them fucking in his living room?

Anyway, a good start. 5 stars for now. I hope he doesn't turn into a wimp.

doofus67doofus67about 7 years ago
Wow

What a juicy tale! Many thanks for sharing it.

Hopefuly Honor will move away, continue with his patent inventions that he loves doing and meet someone that he can live happily ever after with whilst still getting to see his kids. Yeah, i know... fantasy. Equally i hope the old business and family collapse and fall apart.

I worry that this story will lead to reconcilliation even though this probably wouldn't happen in real life. I really hope this story doesn't go this way, but hey, it's only a story (i keep telling myself). Still 5* though.

silentsoundsilentsoundabout 7 years ago
Fuck them all

5* even though I don't like the total whore/slut loving wife angle with the whole family and town in on the betrayal.

There really is no coming back from that type of shit without extreme payback and retribution.

It only works in fantasy stories and this is too visceral and gritty for fantasy.

Keep it real you good writing hard ass! I am a fan!

ScorpioJJScorpioJJabout 7 years ago
Five years later

Honor in town to see his kids. Drives by the boarded up factory, the line at the welfare office and the endless for sale signs on houses. Beth is no longer the darling of the town. It took a while for blame to be placed where it belonged. His new company (which he owns but delegates most management to Gil) is doing great a few states away. Anyone who's resume shows them working for the old company are politely rejected. This is the trip where the kids will be coming back with him to live in his new house with his new wife and their new sibling.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Wow!

Just Wow!

Please dont stay away so long again. Both to you personally and the Legends collectively.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Loyalty & priorities as well as limits.

The last conversation between Honor and his sister struck a personal cord. Who is one loyal to (employer vs family)? There isn't a question here when they are one and the same. We have all the cliche " Doing anything for love." But rules, laws, moral compasses were designed to protect and introduce equality. Yes human corruption has destroyed them since we grew beyond tribe size. I have read in the comments that TTT has finished the story. The next chapter might appear even as I right this. Does no one believe in sacrifice? Giving up some aspect of life for others? We can't have it all. No one can. Those who believe they can break the rules and reveal their fallacy. I enjoy this story I can wait for the next chapters. I hope everyone gets their own nugget of motivation. I have found only one comment that disturbed me thus far. It was from Mbgdallas. An honor bound person is trustworthy, dependable, and predictable. If a person is willing to do "anything" for love.. then they are none of the above. I won't ask any of the readers/lurks like myself to openly choose; but think about it.

K.F.

korba76korba76about 7 years ago
Damn! Now that's the way...

.... to start a story!

Excellent set up, pacing, and dialog!

Thank you!

gmann57gmann57about 7 years ago

Honor gets on his new Harley and takes off out of town, Then gets T-Boned at the next busiest intersection, Goes into a coma and remains a veg to this day, Great story Tall tales. Thanks for all your stories

imhaplessimhaplessabout 7 years ago
I hate to admit it...but

I would take the same approach as Honor. Maybe cold, cruel, especially with kids involved, but -- sigh -- I'd do the same. Thanks for writing about someone who's as big a hard ass as I am. 5*, of coiurse

onlythelonelyloveonlythelonelyloveabout 7 years ago
He is destroying his company

I get it.

He is pissed. And lying to himself, just as his uncle feared. Take the heart (the regulator) of the business away and the business folds. He cannot see it at the moment. What his family can do is to keep using it and have Honor sue them for their perfidy. At least then he would be honest with himself and them about his need for revenge...

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
A great start....it begs, pleads, even cries out for more of the tale....

...the town and company, the family and the bitch aren't done with Honor...and truth be told, he shouldn't be done with them.

The scope and scale of this betrayal calls for a nuclear response. He hasn't got even close yet. In the long run, his actions will have a similar effect, but he's just made a town full of enemies he didn't finish off.

Clearly, I'm engaged. Something like this was very personal to me, so this story, naturally arouses those same feelings and thoughts.

He can disappear or stand and fight. I can't begin to guess which would be he best choice. But if he wants peace, he has to "balance the books" before he moves on. His actions so far remove him and all his contributions from the remainder equation, but doesn't settle accounts by a far bit.

Keep it up. I'd like to compare note on my past reality with your imagination....

sbrooks103xsbrooks103xabout 7 years ago
Thoughts

Three times, and the LAST one was a mistake?!

LOL, they blame him for being all business, then bitch when he’s not there to run the business!

HE’S supposed to care about them when they didn’t have his back?

They cursed her and yelled at her, but wouldn't go to him when she wouldn't stop? Not even after she FUCKED Fred?

sbrooks103xsbrooks103xabout 7 years ago
Further Thought

It's amazing how they want him back, but are also trying to make HIM the bad guy!

They should all be down on their knees begging his forgiveness while running Beth, Fred, his mother and sister out of town!

studebakerhawkstudebakerhawkabout 7 years ago
Excellent opening chapter!

Welcome back and thank you for sharing with us. I really enjoyed your story's opening, but unlike some of the commenters, I don't think Honor is being too outrageous or over the top with his reactions. The possible exception might be in the area of his kids, I'll have to wait and see how you proceed with that. The interesting part for me is most of the critics here don't differentiate between which of his actions are driven by honor and which of his actions are driven by pride. Does Honor see the difference? Will his honor call him to overrule his pride? Will his pride and his pain besmirch his honor? Can Beth be redeemed or will TTT find Honor a woman with a moral backbone? Guess I'll have to tune in tomorrow (sigh). Again, welcome back and thanks.

doorknob22doorknob22about 7 years ago
Starts off with a bang!

Yalla, bring the action!

HarddaysknightHarddaysknightabout 7 years ago
As good as it gets!

This is a set up second to none. Powerful is the word that comes to mind. If you can keep this up, I will truly be amazed. Exceptional work!

It seemed so real. The very quality of his that enabled him to provide for the entire family somehow appeared to be a fault to them. He gave them the rules and if they couldn't follow them, they were toast. They all knew it. He helped them all so very much, but they betrayed him. He has every reason to feel as he does. No one forgives a giver. They just take and feel contempt.

frazodfrazodabout 7 years ago
Hit this one out of the park

Damn, you really write great tales.

I haven't loved all your writings but a few of them (including this one) is in my favorites. I really understand Arnold's (Honor's) side of things. Sacrificing your life for others seems like a real thing to me.

Thank you for writing.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Part 2

Need part 2 please and duck you HDK . LIKE ANY ONE GIVES A SHIP IF YOU'RE AMAZED

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Super!!!

Its a story to fall in love for!! Well written and to cut right to the chase of the matter!!! Well done!!!

rdcyclistrdcyclistabout 7 years ago
Fuck Yeah!

THAT is an amazing read! Exactly so: Nobody "likes" the guy that always does the right thing. He's too perfect and they're afraid. 3T, you hit the nail on the head with this one. A really marvelous concept and I'm shocked nobody's really delved into it before.

Great stuff and I look forward to the coming chapters (hint ... hint).

blackrandl1958blackrandl1958about 7 years ago
Yes, duck you, HDK

Chicken and turkey you, too. Isn't it great when someone fires off the "insult of the millennium," but a typo winds up making them look like a total toolbox?

Great story, great writer. There's not much to say, beyond that. Some seem to hate Honor. I love him. What's not to like? Dude is honest, fair, loyal, industrious and everything I want my husband to me, and am thankful he is. I want to be married to some loser? Honor is the anti-loser.

Everyone he knows and trusts has just given him the collective middle finger. He fires it right back. Good for him. I can't wait to see what happens. Very "legendy" story, TTT. Thanks, Randi.

Obo1Obo1about 7 years ago
Glad

this is only part one. Of course Beth is surely lying. They all are I assume. His uncle said they spent all that time together. Sucks that his mom is getting all that cash, but I guess that's him honoring his dad.

Look forward to part 2!

LordSlamdawggLordSlamdawggabout 7 years ago
There's a New Stang' in Town ( I Don't Wnt To Hear It ? )

So, so many earmarks of the cliches that Stangstar literally wallowed in , after Mikothebaby stopped editing him.

1) Mechanical savant husband meets, marries , loves hard his soulmate and yet works even harder. His only fault is that work ethic which leads him to stop scorching the sheets for the greater good and imminent breakthrough that free him to finally be 100% there for said soulmate, if she can just white knuckle it thru absolutely piffling amount of time.

2) Sordid betrayal on multiple fronts ensues

3) Outraged husband punishes with absence , leaving sinkhole in cheating soulmate's soul. Weeping , wailing and lame excuses flow like wine at AA relapse convention.

This author isn't a legend by happenstance. I've 5 starred 100 + stories by TTT . But it's enough to say the Harley just as well have been a Turbo Mustang because that's the only page out of Stangstar's playbook , TX Tall Tales hasn't trotted out for Legends' day.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Doing for vs Doing to

I love the part where everyone is upset over what he is doing "To them". As in real life most people don't get the concept of "doing to" them is not the same as "not doing things for them".

MaFreplerMaFreplerabout 7 years ago
Don't buy it

No one thought to tell him? No way. Second, why is she cheating in the first place? Just because he's away? Maybe, but actually pretty unlikely. Then there's the problem that your lead character is the typical prideful unforgiving jerk. Especially so since I don't believe the betrayal by the entire town. Just too over the top. Maybe you can save it in subsequent chapters. Because of that I'm not going to rate this chapter yet.

ConsuellaBeautifulBookwormSpencerConsuellaBeautifulBookwormSpencerabout 7 years ago
TTT

WELCOME BACK!!!!!!! LOVED IT!!!!!

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Best til last

This is the last of the 'Legends' LW's I have read. Thank you for making it an enjoyable yet miserable read. Enjoyable because your back with what seems to be a interesting take on the BTB, yet miserable due to the length of time for the next, possible two, instalments.

tktommytktommyabout 7 years ago

Enjoyed it very much,Very intense at the end and can't wait to read more

Richie4110Richie4110about 7 years ago
Outstanding!

Loved the story and look forward to the rest.

Thanks for sharing your effort.

sugnasugnaabout 7 years ago
No One Liked Him?

So if no one liked him, including his family and wife then why do they want to keep him around? It makes it clear that he is just a meal ticket to them. If anyone liked him, let alone loved him, they would have gotten the word to him about Beth's inappropriate behavior before it became an affair. Nope, they were all selfish cowards. The healthiest thing he can do is to get away from them. Staying there would be would crushing and humiliating. They would have known that too. His sister implied that he was a hardass and that was why he was in the situation he was in. In other words it was "his fault". That is enough to end it all right there.

Here is my wish for a happy ending: He picks up his kids for a trip to the park and takes them to the airport where they board a private plane and disappear forever. Sure losing their mother might be hard, but in terms of being a mother she was more than half dead to them already. She had dis-Honored herself. She had driven their father away. She could never be a decent role model to them - ever. They need a decent parent with the character and resources to raise them well.

sugnasugnaabout 7 years ago
One More Thing

All the stories published on 03/17/17 - were well written and interesting. Even if I didn't enjoy the plot/content/message - they all deserve acknowledgement for their overall quality. I left "A Town Without Honor Ch. 01" for last because I hoped it would be the bast of the bunch. My hope was well founded. In a crowd of good writing, this story stood out. Thank you.

katranmankatranmanabout 7 years ago
Wow!

***** Terrific story, just what the doctor ordered. I can't wait to see where you take it next. Thanks for your efforts.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
So?.

When do you get to the reconciliation?

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
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Awesome!!! Finally some husband who isn't a fucking wimp! When the next part?

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Great story

I still have 3 or 4 more stories to read, but your chapter 1 may be the best so far. You set a good hook so I'm looking forward to reading additional chapters.

Boyd Percy

WL73WL73about 7 years ago

This is a rather engaging story so far! Of the introduced characters the only one showing remorse seems to be Uncle Jimmy, all of the rest are looking out for their golden goose. Unfortunately we can't pick our relatives.

gatorhermitgatorhermitabout 7 years ago
I really liked blowing up the cars and the garage

That should have been a signal to the entire stinking town that the wind had changed. Great start to a story!

LostnFoundBinLostnFoundBinabout 7 years ago
DAMN!

What a great beginning! Non stop action. Great characters with solid foundations. Excellent dialogue. And at the heart of the problem FAMILY! Not a real family but a self centered, we are right and owe us more (whatever) due to our genetic link type Jerry Springer family.

Even his own mother...wait fuck her...his own sister couldn't see how fucked up her thoughts were even after he calmly addressed each one her "issues" with him and his character as she ran down her silly list of him being a bad CEO.

I am looking forward to chapter 2 with great anticipation.

Yeah I expect they will run the company fine after his wife's struggles but overcomes some issue with the same approach Scarlet O'hara used in here last scene in "gone with the wind".

And if it ends RAAC, HEA but separate, BTB, or all PULP FICTION crazy on me...this beginning alone will have me reading every chapter.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Great start

I hope other chapters come out soon. I'll read the rest and vote them when everything is posted. I pray you don't turn this into some raac crap.

sunlover813sunlover813about 7 years ago
You are the best

you are a great writer. Please keep writing. Love your work.

mike9698mike9698about 7 years ago
Great start

Will wait to score. The only thing is I wouldn't give his mother a dime. I would cut them all off. I understand a promise, but this would supersede it to me. Looking forward to the end.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago

Great story and he reacted as I would like to believe that I would. Actually he was nicer because he handed over the company and his house to his wife. Trust is destroyed and the betrayal is maximum there could be no going back. They should all suffer for there actions. The sister ,mother ,family , Fred , his brother, etc are all aware of there actions and for every action there is a reaction. He is a man of honor , integrity and loyalty. Any cheater who says there doing it because their spouse is away from home to much or works to much is using that as an excuse to act like a lying cheating slut pig whore. That goes for both a man or woman. Hopefully as it seems he will become super rich and successful with his new patents . Look forward to next chapter, hopefully soon

mcs1081mcs1081about 7 years ago
Glad you're back

Great start here. Excited to read the rest, but mostly just glad you're back here and posting again. Hasn't been the same without you.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Fred

Why didn't anybody talk to Fred? I mean an affair takes two people. Why didn't somebody threaten to tell his wife or at least kick his ass until he understood to stay away from her?

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
The best of the bunch, but still a puzzling character morph.

What the fuck happened to Beth? She waited years and years for the man of her dreams. She was separated from him for years, never knowing if he was going to return, or want her. She has EVERYTHING she dreamed of in life, perfect husband, perfect children, perfect family. And because he left for a few weeks on a couple of business trips, she threw it all away, in front of everybody and anybody, for some mediocre multiple cock, from men she claims she doesn't even like? And his entire family and friends became enablers and accomplices? That's simply a plot device too far fetched to embrace. And appears contrived to fit your title. The explanation from his sister that he's simply too virtuous, but also too mean, but too honest, but also cold hearted, is preposterous. When you put the title before the plot and the story you put yourself in a box that requires a lot of contrivance to fit. Instead of a Town Without Honor, how about A Town Without Souls, or even brains. Looks like a mass assault of Martian Stupid Ray, deployed the day he left on his first business trip. Up until then everyone was just perfect. What a difference a ray makes.

Still, this is one of the best of the Patrick's Day bunch, so thanks for that. I am enjoying the story, but it is far from your potential, so far. You have at least one more chapter to make this better, and I sincerely hope you can.

666iceman666icemanabout 7 years ago
Another chaptor or two

Another one of your good stories but I feel there is a need for you to put another two chapters to this. He will always make good in business and that would be one line, she and the family will not and that is the other line, then we could have a fourth with him taking over his old company and getting payback by buy when it goes bust and makes it a going concern, as a silent partner type CEO. We do not know what happened to his kids, visitation etc needs finishing please. Still a five for what you have done though.

g912493g912493about 7 years ago
I have to join the "Need additional chapters" crowd.

Welcome back. Just read your Bio update, glad your going to be posting again.. Once again you gave us an outstanding story, can't wait for additional chapters.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Impatient

Great story, it has been awhile since you had anything new. But please dont take so long between chapters! The waiting kills the story.

boatbummboatbummabout 7 years ago
A Willing Suspension of Disbelief....

.....is required with this one, for sure! As others have pointed out, WTF is the character collapse with the mated-for-life-since-she-was-4-years-old Beth?

"I was lonely, and he kept coming on to me" just has a hollow ring to it.

OK, so it's over the top, and you've got a grand plan to make it all better, your fans are eagerly waiting for the next chapter(s), so get to work, buddy! ;-)

Thanks for an amazing read -- 5* and counting.

Happy Legends Day/Weekend!

doorknob22doorknob22about 7 years ago
I hope this is going to be a revenge-sex story

I hope Honor is going to revenge-fuck all the women in introduction, including his dear mother and sister. That would be an awesome story.

InescuInescuabout 7 years ago
A great start

I'm looking forward to the rest of the tale. My only quibble is the group sex aspect. I can see her cheating, but a threesome? That's pushing the envelope a bit.

He did break the cardinal rule of business - never work with family. They expect you to give them chances when they screw up (and don't really deserve one) and operate things like a family get together rather than a business. If he hadn't have run the business the way he did, it would never have been successful. They look like they are going to learn that lesson very soon.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago

Nice foreshadowing. 9-year old Beth got ANGRY with Honor when he had to leave, and apparently hasn't matured noticeably 20 years later......

Floydfan1964Floydfan1964about 7 years ago
Great start

Gteat to have you back. Hope you post the next chapter soon

AnonymousAnonymousabout 7 years ago
Welcome Back

Beth is a great character so far. I'm thinking he gets another woman and they humiliate and hate fuck Beth for a while. I love humiliation porn

Over_StimOver_Stimabout 7 years ago
Love it as the start

I notice that it is almost stand alone. I hope you have the time to continue. Looking forward to more.

WillieWolfeWillieWolfeabout 7 years ago
Great work.

I have missed your stories.

DFWBeastDFWBeastabout 7 years ago
Damn!

That was just damn impressive! Excellent beginning!

Killian

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