"What was Ryan Johnson doing here?" Tony demanded, without bothering to lower his voice or wait for Ryan to get out of earshot. Sarah reminded herself that she had nothing to hide, whatsoever. It would have also sounded silly if she dropped her own voice to a whisper, so she answered normally.
"He...um...dropped by to tell me something," Sarah replied.
"Really?" Tony sounded suspicious. "What?"
"I am afraid I cannot tell you that," Sarah replied.
His eyes narrowed. "Why not?"
"It is...um...privileged," Sarah replied.
Tony snorted. "Excuse me?"
Sarah did not like that snort or his tone of voice; what business did he have, acting like his privilege was more important than Sarah's? So she said, "You know how you have attorney/ client privilege? Well, we have broker/ client privilege."
