As Sam clicked to the first slide, the projector showed and displayed a large financial chart. Seeing this, Rachel leaned forward slightly and spoke into the microphone with a calm but serious voice. “As you all can see on the screen, this is the financial report for the past few months. These numbers should have shown steady progress, but instead, we are looking at a sharp decline in some departments. Why?”. She said and asked, but seeing their clueless faces, she smiled and continued, “Because someone”, she said and paused before continuing , “I made a mistake. Not someone, but some people have been cutting into the company’s money.” As soon as she said this, gasps and whispers filled the room. Rachel paused as her eyes slowly scanned the room. Many eyes dropped to the floor, while others looked confused and some of the older board members exchanged troubled glances. “But don’t worry,” she said with a faint smile that didn’t reach her eyes and added, “I won’t mention names, at
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