Wendi's Story. The A-Z of Trophy Wives, #23

They're young, beautiful, with fast cars and luxury homes-with absentee, older husbands. Bored and lonely, each of our trophy wives has her own solution. Riding is Wendi's passion-it has always been. If you'd told her at 16 that at 25, she'd be living on a 500-acre ranch with twenty horses and a wealthy husband, she'd have been ecstatic. The reality, the heat, the dust, and the general boredom had worn her down.
Her husband was out with the cattle most days, including weekends, or away on business, and she saw him too rarely. At one end of their property was a small lake surrounded by trees, and a lot of the neighborhood kids would swim there in the summer. One day, riding by, she hears louder voices than usual, and dismounting, she creeps through the trees to find the swimming hole occupied by three lads she recognizes and a girl-they'd helped out on the range for a couple of summers before heading off to college.
Now they were back for the summer break. They were laughing, joking, and basking on the rocks as they swigged beer while one guy made out with the girl. As Wendi backed away, she tripped, and her startled yell echoed around the clearing. Maybe this summer isn't going to be so boring after all.