title: Accidental Humor and Other Reflections
author: Carol Galloway
description: Carol Galloway is a retired teacher. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puget Sound and her Masters in Education at City University. She has published poems in the "Tacoma News Tribune" and "The Hand Of Destiny." This is her first book. Carol lives in Washington State on Anderson Island with her husband.
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  # Like No Other
  
  
  ## Melanie George
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### "YOU'RE A GIRL."
  
  
  
  
  
  Belatedly, Alec realized how inane that remark sounded. It wasn't as if she
  didn't know.
  
  
  
  
  
  A flush touched her cheeks. "So wot's it to y'?" Her voice came out a squeak.
  She frowned and cleared her throat.
  
  
  
  
  
  Alec had to blink a few times to snap himself out of the daze he was in. "I'm
  just surprised. I wasn't expecting it."
  
  
  
  
  
  She braced her legs apart in a defensive stance, hands on the swell of her
  softly rounded hips. "Well, get used to it."
  
  
  
  
  
  How had he thought her a boy? The only excuse was that he hadn't been looking
  for it. "It wasn't an insult—simply a moment of shock. Especially after
  Anthony mentioned you were a…" He stopped.
  
  
  
  
  
  Folding her arms across her chest, she leveled him with her exquisite sapphire
  gaze before finishing his sentence. "A thief?"
  
  
  
  
  
  "Well… yes." He stared at her, suddenly uncomfort