"Mycroft died of an intercranial brain hemorrhage in a hospital in New Zealand," Sherlock says.
"In the wake of that incident," Joan says, "it became clear there was a mole in MI6. Mycroft discovered the identity of the mole, who made it clear that if he did anything about it, he would tell Le Milieu that Mycroft had double crossed them. They would go after Mycroft, and Sherlock and I would be in danger as well. So..."
"So he faked his death," Sherlock says.
"I was angry," Joan says. her voice paradoxically a little softer in the confession of her anger. "So was Sherlock. We could have figured something out. Something that didn't force Mycroft into hiding. But he didn't wait for us to find a solution. He did what he thought he had to do to protect us."
"He fled New York under a nom de plume," Sherlock says. "And we never saw him again."
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"In the wake of that incident," Joan says, "it became clear there was a mole in MI6. Mycroft discovered the identity of the mole, who made it clear that if he did anything about it, he would tell Le Milieu that Mycroft had double crossed them. They would go after Mycroft, and Sherlock and I would be in danger as well. So..."
"So he faked his death," Sherlock says.
"I was angry," Joan says. her voice paradoxically a little softer in the confession of her anger. "So was Sherlock. We could have figured something out. Something that didn't force Mycroft into hiding. But he didn't wait for us to find a solution. He did what he thought he had to do to protect us."
"He fled New York under a nom de plume," Sherlock says. "And we never saw him again."