As Elena backed away, she heard a whisper from the corner of the room, a voice like dry leaves: "She is rested now. Are you?"
That night, Elena watched the monitors from the station. At exactly 3:33 AM, the lights in the north corridor flickered and dimmed. A soft, rhythmic sound reached her ears—the distinct click-clack of heavy wooden beads against fabric. From the shadows of the old wing emerged a figure draped in a vintage nursing habit, her face obscured by the stiff white wimple. Monjas, hospitales y fantasmas | Relatos del lado oscuro
Elena froze as the figure stopped in front of Room 402. The nun didn’t turn; she simply drifted through the heavy oak door. When Elena finally found the courage to burst into the room, it was empty of any living person. The patient was gone—transferred to ICU an hour earlier—but the ceramic cup was now full of water, cold as ice, and the faint scent of old incense lingered in the air. As Elena backed away, she heard a whisper
The patient smiled weakly. "The sister. The one in the heavy blue habit. She was so kind; she stayed with me when the pain was worst, praying softly until I fell asleep." A soft, rhythmic sound reached her ears—the distinct
Elena felt a chill. The hospital hadn't employed religious sisters since the late 1970s.
One rainy Tuesday, Elena found a patient in Room 402—a woman recovering from a difficult surgery—sleeping soundly. To her surprise, a small, ceramic cup of water sat on the nightstand, though the woman had been strictly NPO (nothing by mouth) until that morning. "Who brought this?" Elena asked during the morning rounds.