Charlie and Layla Pt. 04

Great Story!!!!!!

One of the most entertaining stories I have read on this site. Thank you for a great read.

Wimp

Wimp. That says it all. Sad but true.

Nice

Great tale. In my humble opinion, it went the only way it could for him to keep his self-respect. He was no longer as irrelevant in her decision making. The new and smug Charlie had treated her irrelevantly at least twice and had his own secrets now. This is the reality of life. Making your marriage work takes tolerance and maintaining respect for one another. Thank You Celt

Terrible ending

So your solution was to degrade Charlie and bring him down to her level so they could reconcile. What an injustice you did on an otherwise good character. I suppose in the literary world a writer can be said to be the god of his written world. If so, you are truly a spiteful and petty god. She sold herself for money and thought Charlie was no better than she was so she thought she could buy him out for $250,000. As I read that I thought it was the perfect opportunity for Charlie to demonstrate to her that some things are without price. Instead he took it as "proof" that she truly loved him. Cheating on your spouse is the utlimatle sign of disrespect and the worse kind of betrayal ... unless the money is right. Then it is the purest form of love. You re quite the philosopher, but let us with a story with no one to give a shit about.

Not really a Wimp...

...because he didn´t agree to an ongoing affair. He was weak, timid and insecure, true. But his developement was necessary in order for the story to come to a satisfactory conclusion. This story shows that revenge must not always be a necessity. 4 stars for a great story. Always enjoy reading you.

When I first started,,,,

I didn't like it at all,,,, however in the last chapter you brought this story into a new light, and made this a very good read. My compliments celt.

Great story.

Well written. Well thought out. Forget the negative comments posted here; but not by this commentator; the negative comments are all trash anyway with no basis in objectivity. This story is talent on display.
Five stars!

5 stars

Good tale, a pleasant and interesting read! I particularly found the whole "blackmail" twist well inserted. It made Layla stand in a whole new and different shine, appearing more of a "victim" than the actual predator.

no fries

i read the story, and enjoyed it enough, but it was like eating a burger with no fries. how much of this "new charlie" affect the other aspects of his life? did work improve? was there more respect from coworkers? what abt carson and jake? did they fall into a septic tank? i want my fries.

Twisted tale

I can understand staying for the daughter. I cannot believe the wife was anything but a spoiled bitch. If he was foolish enough to love her to start with - okay, but after her whoring - no way. Yuck. I would have had him grow up, (I would not have him fuck a disease ridden hooker) pretend to be a loving husband, fuck her and spend as much time with the kids as possible. I would have him get a vasectomy so that as soon as the kid is in college he can split. This is the way it really works - if they stay together! Yuck! BTW - very well written, original tale, still yuck!

chick flick

off the assembly line of cuckold chick flicks yawn

And then

And then they both contracted HIV from Charlie having unprotected sex with a prostitute and die of AIDS. The end end.

Sorry, but I kept thinking that during the parts with Skye / Patty.

I liked the story. My son has autism, and I just kept thinking that Charlie was autistic or OCD.

Esteem ...

Previously held this author on a pedestal. Now I'm saying the same thing the brain surgeon said 'Oops'! Two wrongs never make a right. No high ground in this story. Just exactly what is FAITHFUL?

Okay

So they stayed together. Both are cheaters. She revealed all, he revealed nothing. End of the tale. Seems like it needs more chapters. Oh well, I've read way worse.

Nice storyline

Weak ending.

And a hooker willing to give a freebie after just one meeting with a client?

An excellent portrayal . . .

of a marriage. The individual characters, their weaknesses and strengths, are revealed; and their perceptions of themselves and the relationship with their spouses are sharply
depicted. As much as we like the idea of two people united as one, the fact is that two people must really work at understanding their husband or wife and the dynamics of the relationship to have any hope of a truly close relationship.

I liked both characters; Layla never set out to humiliate or disrespect her husband in spite of her stupid error and she was stricken by what she'd done to her husband. Charlie managed his way through his humiliation and though his second meeting with "Skye" seemed vengeful it was something he needed to do in the process of discovering he was something more that just "average". Both were a long way from being perfect.

Good Story Line

It was good to read that the dynamics of the relationship changed for Charlie and layla. With Charlie growing a set of balls and Layla having to deal with a more confident husband.
I feel the ending was rushed and I would have liked to know what Charlie and Skye did in the hotel room. Perhaps she introduced him to anal, tort him the sicilian corkscrew, plus new positions. Layla would be in no doubt Charlie had been with another woman. Perhaps he could have stay the weekend with Skye and his wife not knowing when he might actually come home !
The story ended to abruptly with no situations fir Charlie to express his new character either with his wife in their social group.

A truly fine story.

I'm usually a BTB kinda guy, but this was a finely creation of writing. I'm not to keen on the payback deal with the prostitute, but I liked the story in any case. Saratu

Nice enough story

but in Chapter 2 there is a line: "She read it over, satisfied that it said what he promised, watched as he signed it and tucked it away safely in her purse." Once Layla had that letter, there was no need for her to follow Carson to a motel.

Enjoyed it

Thanks for the offering.

Minor Quibble

While I can somewhat buy her doing it for the supposed recommendation, I don't buy her fear of the demotion.

She should have known that her bosses knew her work well enough that while they might buy a non-recommendation for a promotion, they would never accept that she deserved a DEmotion!

But this is Literotica...

Charlie should have made Layla watch him bugger Patty and then made her eat his creampie out of Patty's asshole!

Good but

This is a very well written story that should have made me feel a lot more excited than I did. Hmmm why this nagging feeling that it's not quite "there'' - it's has a good theme, good characterisations & some interesting subplots, but, it just doesn't do it for me, not sure why.
Just an aside, Charlie let's himself get setup by his workmate with a prostitute ( Patty), has sex with her, then later repeats it again seemingly without a condom, ouch playing with fire there. Then we have the reconciliation between Charlie & Layla & he doesn't get tested medically for any STD diseases or AIDS before he resumes sex with his wife & getting her pregnant. Very dangerous. Overall 4****

let's not be fooled here ,sex for advancement happens all the time ! usually weman are the victims of this

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I don't get it, why would you take someone back after cheating on you twice? . . . . .
Oh wait I know, "love" . . . . . . . . .pathetic

Conditions

What were his conditions?

The only thing that was pertinent to her cheating was why she did it.

She cheated both times, wait for it, wait for it, because Charlie was such a non-entity to her that what he thought or felt didn't matter to her at all. Only what she wanted to do mattered. I don't buy the guilt afterward either. Contrived on her part to soothe her own conscience. She evidently was happy for Charlie to be dependent on her for his identity when in all actuality he didn't need her any more than she needed Carson. Good silent parallel there, by the way.

As for staying with her and even having another child with her, wouldn't have happened to the "new" Charlie. I think the story was very well written, some of the dialogue was kind of stiff, but I think maybe that was to show Charlie's shyness and lack of self-assurance.
Good read overall, thanks and yeah KarenE was right, what were his conditions?

WHY CATCH UP TO GET EVEN

and then start over...never burst the status quo. TK U MLJ LV NV

Clever

Revenge as role reversal.

****

If Layla does not have enough respect for Charlie that she does not consider the consequences when cheating on him, she will cheat again despite her denials to the contrary. The marriage will fail. Hopefully, Charlie will have the gonads to keep Layla on a short leash. Don't lose contact with Skye aka Patty, Charlie. Cheers!

Unfortunately this feels unfinished

And it stayed dry through the entire story. Many times throughout, I felt Charlie had some type of mental disability other than just being overly shy. Since I'm not a professional shrink I won't attempt to put a name to it, but his actions and mental processes weren't those of most normal people. His seeming inability to be alone was just one manifestations of an unstable person. There were other things that called his actions into question. What were his conditions? Why would she accept being fired and not her blackmailer? Why would the Company make the check out to Charlie (highly irregular)? And if Layla was such a smart woman and understood her husband she MUST have known what he was doing that night he was gone. Maybe not the first time, but surely the second time. And where in his shy mind would Charlie EVER get the courage to employ a hooker? Sorry but this was a very disappointing ending leaving we the readers with far too many open questions. Not a good read.

VENGEFUL

I have been hurt in the past and it seems that I now have a vengeful spirit in me. I feel like getting even rather than reconciling. To make it worse, I remember an old saying "Whatever is done to you, do it double to them". In other words, Charlie's tryst with Patty and naming their new daughter after her (without Layla's knowing) is just not enough and, strangely, will never be enough because the actions are taken after the fact of Layla's betrayal. In other words, Layla betrayed Charlie while he was "innocent" but his revenge upon her is while she's "guilty".
To get even, he should convince her that all is well and when she reaches the state where she is "innocent" and completely trusting (as HE was when she cheated those two times), THEN lower the boom and cheat far more times than SHE did! I know that sounds awful but it just goes to show you one of the possible effects that cheating can have on a person. They can become vicious and hateful!

Second read here.

And I am even more impressed with the stated and not stated things that were Charlie's life. He was shy, even introverted and seemed to need Layla to socialize him, but he really didn't need her when all was said and done. I think that he was raised to be like he was, hard to guess why or which one of his parents had the agenda, but there it is. Being told that he was "average" and couldn't hope for more than an "average" life was a horrible disservice on the part of his parents. I would have to say that him being abused like that was also manifest in one of his parents being oppressed like that also. It's a wonder he could function at all. That being said, Layla was an arrogant, entitled bitch who was so sure of her superiority that she could, and did, do anything she pleased and completely get away with it. Unfortunately for her, it didn't work out that way. I think Charlie will regret taking her back, but hey, it's your story, end it the way you want.

The Last Paragraph

I have read this before but the last paragraph still brings a smile to my face.

Finished or Not

Is the story finished? Is the marriage finished? The interesting thing about relationships is how once the trust is gone, it never returns. In reality, that trust was a lie all along. The people never changed, Charlie simply learned more about the real character of Layla. That knowledge shattered the fantasy he had of her. The destruction of the dream is what caused the pain. Charlie had been living a cowards dream, now perhaps more for his daughter than anyone else he would have to "man up" and deal with his less than appealing wife. Screwing the whore was cheating, in an effort to get even he got even - he lowered himself to Layla's level. At the end of the story we are left with two fucked up people, neither of them operating from a position of love - just selfishness. Hate is not the opposite of love. Love is caring about others, selfishness, egoism, only caring about yourself is the opposite of love.

Two conflicted people

I liked your comment Sugna (more than the story). You summed it up perfectly.

Excellent writing.

Powerful story - unsatisfying in the way that most human relationships are. No easy answers and no glib dotting of "I"s and crossing of "T"s.

Five stars. With writing like this, you could be a real Celt!

with darkness at the end. so good. thank you!

Would like to Charlie win sooner

Charlie confronted layla before sex and gave her food for thought.
It would have been nice if she had spilled the beans then or before she left for date
She knew Charlie would be by her side and still had to go to administration in the end.
I would have liked her to Atleast back down at motel and Charlie see that and them hash it out. I am glad they stayed a family.

Good read

Would have been better if Layla knew about him fucking Patty. She confessed after caught so maybe if she caught him, he would confess as well to be even.

Naming his daughter Patty was a creep move though.