by waif
It's a shame it was only three. They must have had dozens of collaborators in their evil plans. Couldn't he have held out a bit longer and blown up their wedding reception instead?
Good story . . . I would have loved it if after ". . . hold down the springs", there'd be "with a smile as Jameson said something like, 'Shit! God! No! Please!' and his ex's sudden look of hopeless resignation" just before the explosion.
WOW!! JUST WOW!! Too short, and I hope he was rewarded. Karma should have whisked him away just as the bomb went off. Sorry, son. The Bear emphasizes. 5 stars, but it's just so sad.
The BEAR
Can't agree it was truly justice since jay died with them. You could also hope for some time for them to know they were going to die.
But still not a bad end for him given his situation. Nicely done.
The three must be alive and only his wealth must be blasted.
Serves the dumb fucks proper. Fucked up their health records properly, don't you think?
Brutal and tragic, but powerful. Would love to know why Joan turned into a monster. Shame the MC's name will forever be tarnished by the false allegations and his murder-suicide.
I get his despair and desperation, but murder is murder, and if windows broke for a block around you have to figure a lot of innocent people were harmed. Can’t go along with that.
On 11/09/23, after having read a number of stories where the MC committed suicide, I predicted the LW-authors to soon turn to murder-suicide. And now, here we are. That's the future of the US. White, conservative men finally understanding that they are a dying race and on their way out the door they will try to take as many with them as they can.
Once upon a time, there was a war veteran who killed his ex wife and her lover.
There is told the story in even fewer words.
Wonderful! I really love to read a story where the soldier comes home and gets revenge on Jody, and his cheating wife. They took everything this man had, and then kept piling on. He had nothing left to live for, and he managed to take his tormentors with him. Perfection and easy*5.
A well written short story; but one issue: Joan, at one time, loved him. She would have felt something other than contempt.
She would have felt shame.
Was this story meant to plea against bullying and the use of violence?
Then it failed.
It was just power and violence against violence.
May be you succeed next time? Looking forward toit.
This does not belong in loving wives or any wife story. Its about being tormented and seeking revenge.
Any story that needs to have the MC and the protagonists dead is a por story and can be directly ascribed to the writers poor abilities to draw a good story line! So will give u a 2 for effort!
This was a decent story, but as another commenter mentioned, you missed out on the ending.
You should have added the final horrified reactions from JJ and Joan, just before they got blown to pieces.
That's what is called an "explosive" ending. In this situation he had no other choices: when there remains nothing worth to live, it's time for the evilness to pay dearly. Good and original short tale.
"The three must be alive. The three must be alive and only his wealth must be blasted."
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The MC didn't have such power to destroy the wife's lover wealth, so he did the only (and the last) extreme thing he could do, even if at the price of his own life.
Sometimes extreme betrayal can lead to extreme unexpected consequences. Realistic conclusion.
Hang on, this is listed as Non-Erotic but is included within today's Loving Wives???
MC had nothing left, so he decided to go down with BIG BANG......pity that at least one of antagonistd didn't survive heavily disfigured and crippled. Such life would be much better punishment.
What the fuck? Weird fetish for a porn site. Nothing says eroticism like suicide bombers. 1 star.
When I read this story the first time it was posted in LW. I had to look here to find it and place a comment. Short and eloquent. The loving wife perhaps the last straw in the strife. Perhaps this might be taken as a fable regarding Hubris. Despite social status and economics there are ways in which we are all equal. Your MC leveled the playing field. Well done. I will look forward to similar tales of woe. Perhaps lengthy one as you develop a emotional tale of woe. Falling on a sword( a roman tradition) , seppuku (a japanese tradition), a bullet usually involves one. This involved more and the wife was collateral. Well done perhaps you can be the next Shogun.
@ReedRichards None, that's why he checked the parking lot before releasing the spring.
While violence may not be the best option, it should always be in your toolkit; even the nuclear version.
An example of things some returning military personnel have to face when coming home. When coming home from the sandbox, I was diagnosed a year later with PTSD (after my divorce). More needs to be done to help those who need help. In this story, the new husband pushed to far, and didn't take into account soldiers learn unknown skills. Skills that are not talked-about. Sad story,
Well done. The evil villain and the unfaithful wife get their just desserts and the MC gets to escape his misery. A little violence sometimes doesn't last very long!
Ed
It’s been half century I’ve served.
I do not know how much explosive in a grenade.
The exterior is scored like shotgun pellets in all direction.
LOVE slap-hapy-papy #9. ( five+)
"It just takes a lot of pressure for my thumbs to hold down the springs."
Does Not Mean grenades.
Roadside IED tore him up.
Car bomb took away all his pains.