“Your husband’s death wasn’t an accident.”
And suddenly, I realized the strange hand signals had never been about hiding something from me.
They had been a secret way of protecting our family.
The rest of the story is in the first comment. 
There was nothing dangerous in my daughter’s hands. Between her fingers, she held several small, colorful cards.
“American Sign Language for Children”
I stood there frozen.
“What is this?” I finally managed to ask.
Emily looked up at me.
“A new boy joined our class. His name is Liam. He can’t hear and doesn’t speak. The other children laughed at him because he talks with his hands.”
Her father continued explaining:
“Emily told me about him. When I was younger, I worked at a school for children with hearing impairments. She asked me to teach her sign language.”
