> > The writer already assumes that we think he is lying. > Not quite. He assumes we think he could be mistaken. ("[…] it could be conceivable […] that, in my

> > The writer already assumes that we think he is lying. > Not quite. He assumes we think he could be mistaken. ("[…] it could be conceivable […] that, in my grief, I remotely logged in, sent the email and forgot I did it"). Still a bit fishy, but not as much as you make it sound. Not quite assuming that we think he's lying, but a very common tell for lies is that the lier is preempting challenges to weak points in the story. A lot hinges on his location and the exact job, but it smells very fishy that he apparently is set up for remote access to email (so it sounds like a "regular" knowledge worker job where checking your email from not-the-office at times is not uncommon), but when leaving very suddenly, ie. with no time to hand over work to colleagues, as you'd normally do for planned leave, he wouldn't bring the dongle with him, to be able to check in and make sure his colleagues have what they need to move on without him.