Once. Then again.
Tap. Tap. Pause. Tap.
Morse code.
I leaned in closer, heart pounding, listening with everything in me. Slowly, painfully, her fingers spelled out:
N–O–T A–N A–C–C–I–D–E–N–T.
I froze. The room around me blurred. Not an accident.
The tapping stopped. The machines kept their steady rhythm, but the world had shifted beneath me.
I wanted to shout for the doctors, but I knew no one would believe it. They’d think I was imagining things — a grieving old woman mistaking reflex for communication.
But I knew what I’d felt. I had taught her that code myself. Those taps were real. And they carried a message that could not be ignored.Continue reading…