Brennan knocked on the door. Orla opened it.
"Hi Emily." She led her into the living room.
"Welcome to our group!"
"Yeah." Tina and Mary said.
"Thank you so much for inviting me!" she said.
"Well you're one of us now!" Marie smiled.
"Yeah." Brennan said, trying not to let them see how much that scared her.
"Meabh sends her apologies she couldn't make it." Marie said
"Now let's get on with why we're here. Our book." Orla sat down. "Emma!"
"I love this. I've always though it was one of Austen's best." Mary said.
"I've read that. I really liked it!" Brennan said settling down in a chair.
They spoke about the book for all of ten minutes. Then they started chatting about everything and everyone, but Brennan didn't know most of the people they were talking about so she just listened on. About two hours later they got back to the topic of books.
"So who's hosting next week?" Mary said staring straight at Brennan.
"I could." She said.
"Great thanks Emily. Now book. What did we decide on?" Tina said.
"It was Dr Temperance Brennan's "Bred in the Bone" I think." Orla said. Brennan took a sharp breath her picture was on that book.
"I love her books." Marie said.
"Yes me too." Mary nodded. "You heard she died last week."
"Yes very sad. Car crash poor thing and her partner died too." Orla sighed. Brennan couldn't speak. This was so strange. What if her cover was blown?
"She was only what thirty-six?" Marie said.
"Thirty-three." Brennan blurted out. "And her partner was thirty eight.
"So sad. Their arrest report was on the news after their death. They did a lot for Washington." Marie sighed.
"Yeah." Orla nodded.
"They were dating weren't they?" Mary asked.
"No they weren't." Brennan said quickly.
"There has been so many stories spread about them, it's awful that people could spread these lies about them so soon after their death."
"Did you see the segment of their funeral on the news?" Mary asked. Brennan nodded. "A friend of theirs spoke, she was distraught." Brennan felt a tear fall down her cheek.
"Are you alright Emily?" Orla asked.
"Yes it's just…" she paused. "…so sad." She shook her head.
"I know." Orla replied.