THE OFFICER by MICHAEL E. BISTRICA
LARA ROSE, 27, a beautiful blonde, upcoming pop singer, career has stalled after a contentious breakup with her Hollywood boyfriend and a poor review in her movie role. Her manager arranges for her to take part in a U.S. Army troop tour to regain the public’s faith. There she meets a single 29-year-old Army captain named EDWARD MADIN, who was mistakenly assigned as her escort.
The two spent almost two weeks together touring several east coast Army bases. The captain insecure around single women his own age maintains a strait-laced professional attitude towards LARA and her assistant. Though the three start off rocky, the tour goes very favorably for LARA and by the end of it she develops an affinity for the young captain.
Sam, her manager, likes the results of the tour tricks LARA into writing EDWARD at his new duty station to continue to develop her image. Through their letter writing LARA and EDWARD develop a closeness that surprises them, and LARA believes she wants to cultivate a romantic relationship. EDWARD assumes she is just being nice because of his help during her tour. Sam develops a plan to welcome EDWARD home with all the public attention Sam can arrange; LARA agrees to go along.
When EDWARD’s return is delayed and his point of arrival changed, Sam’s plan is cancelled as LARA keeps the details of EDWARD’s new schedule to herself. She then devises a scheme to snatch EDWARD for herself. She takes him on a secluded get-a-way hoping something between them can blossom. At the end of their tryst LARA confesses she wants to continue seeing him, but EDWARD attempts to convince her that their lives are worlds apart and they have no chance for a successful relationship. In the end his heart wins out and acquiesces to LARA demand.
