Million Dollar Baby

the long version

Who wants to be a millionaire? Not him! Since he'd left the Air Force, Dean Kettering had been living the life of a lone wolf. Then one simple act put him in the middle of a media frenzy, earned him the title of "hero" and a million dollars in his pocket. He didn't want the money--didn't feel he deserved it--but he knew someone who did.... Not her! Laura Sweeney hadn't seen Dean since they'd given in to the simmering passion they'd shared throughout college. He'd walked out of her life then--forever, she'd thought. If she took his money now, she'd have to let him back in ... and tell him the truth about her little girl's father