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Case 34: Who’s Telling the Truth? Handout (page 4)
told him that she was going to get even with him. Mtombe con cluded by telling Joan,
“Why would I mess with her? I’m afraid of her.”
The next day, Joan received a letter from an attorney, indicating he was repre senting
Brenda in this matter.
Joan stared out the window of her offi ce. She now fully believed that Mtombe was
innocent. One question after another raced through her mind: Why did Brenda wait so
long to bring this to the attention of management? Why did she fi rst go to Mtombe’s
boss, a male, rather than go to her boss, a woman? Why did she just want me to handle
it informally ...