Looking for LW stories where the wife dies due to her cheating

[inka2222]

Looking for LW stories that fit the following requirements:
- Wife is a cheater (wow, this REALLY narrowed it down, didn't it?
- She dies early, in a way which is directly or indirectly-but-clearly attributable to her cheating. Examples could be killed by her lover, or killed in an accident because she was with her lover and not at home, or suicide due to aftermath of cheating, or some nasty STD she got
- Main character has NOT done anything conscious to cause the death (it may be a result of something he has done without intending harm, but he clearly did NOT try to cause any harm intentionally).
- Ideally, main character gets a HEA. Definitely, main character isn't left broken, alone forever, "luuuuuving" her forever or other such depressing things.

 

[PennyThompson]

You, umm... Doing okay, buddy?

 

[darwin1859]

Both of these have a HEA:

"The Key" by Hooked1957 meets most of your criteria and is well-regarded. Strong writing (IMHO). A man is picking up the pieces and connecting the dots after his beloved wife died in a car wreck while he was on a business trip... You can decide if her cheating led to her death (the MC believes this). I haven't read any other Hooked1957 stories, but the comments say they're "a broken record" so I guess if you like this one, there are a bunch more.

Maybe also "No Place to Go" by NoTalentHack. It is not (IMHO) an erotic story and her death is due to disease, but he puts the pieces together, and moves on. It's well-written and provokes strong opinions.

 

[Guenthar]

Fair Weather Friends by radk
https://www.literotica.com/s/fair-weather-friends

 

[Guenthar]

Another story I recommend. The wife dies being estranged from the couples daughter. The husband moves on and finds she had an affair years earlier. Great plot twists, it's deep and doesn't get many high scores.
The Dark at the Bottom of the Stair by FrancisMacomber
https://www.literotica.com/s/the-dark-at-the-bottom-of-the-stair

 

[Crios]

Both of these have a HEA:

"The Key" by Hooked1957 meets most of your criteria and is well-regarded. Strong writing (IMHO). A man is picking up the pieces and connecting the dots after his beloved wife died in a car wreck while he was on a business trip... You can decide if her cheating led to her death (the MC believes this). I haven't read any other Hooked1957 stories, but the comments say they're "a broken record" so I guess if you like this one, there are a bunch more.

Maybe also "No Place to Go" by NoTalentHack. It is not (IMHO) an erotic story and her death is due to disease, but he puts the pieces together, and moves on. It's well-written and provokes strong opinions.

I agree Hooked1957's stories are a bit formulaic but for something of his that's a bit different try this one Instrument of Vengeance. I do get a kick out of his works though.
NoTalentHack is one of the finest writers on Lit. His characters show strong, almost visceral, emotional depth. "No Place to Go" is one of the bests, IMHO

 

[Crios]

Fair Weather Friends by radk
https://www.literotica.com/s/fair-weather-friends

A terrific effort. Disappointing that the author hasn't been on Lit for more than 10 years

 

[inka2222]

Both of these have a HEA:

"The Key" by Hooked1957 meets most of your criteria and is well-regarded. Strong writing (IMHO). A man is picking up the pieces and connecting the dots after his beloved wife died in a car wreck while he was on a business trip... You can decide if her cheating led to her death (the MC believes this). I haven't read any other Hooked1957 stories, but the comments say they're "a broken record" so I guess if you like this one, there are a bunch more.

Maybe also "No Place to Go" by NoTalentHack. It is not (IMHO) an erotic story and her death is due to disease, but he puts the pieces together, and moves on. It's well-written and provokes strong opinions.

Thank you! "The key" was actually one of the main inspirations for me asking this question, and most certainly qualifies. It's actually one of the best stories by Hooked, who always vexes me - I can't understand how the same author can write an amazing BTB one week and a nauseatingly disgusting RAAC the next.
I would say "No Place to Go" does not fit - the death had nothing to do with cheating - but is a great story (no big surprise, being by NTH).

 

[inka2222]

Fair Weather Friends by radk
Great plot twists, it's deep and doesn't get many high scores. The Dark at the Bottom of the Stair by FrancisMacomber

Fair Weather Friends definitely fits, and was largely good (I was a bit put off by the ending, with his gf emotionally blackmailing MC, which I think was despicable)

I don't think "Stair" one qualifies - she not only died for reasons unrelated to cheating, but she basically won on all counts. Hell EVERYONE except for MC won. That's probably thre reason that story didn't have high scores - all the shitty people won, the MC who hasn't done anything wrong, lost 100%. Hell now he has to spend time and money raising that shithead's grandchild. I'm sure the story got high grades from all the man-hating cheating cheerleaders who came to this thread to attack me, though, that's right up their alley.