Ten minutes later I stand with the form in my hand "I won't be long"

I head down to the factory floor. Murphy spots me and looks very excited, like a kid when they see their parents in the audience at a school play. I spot the woman Darcy described. It wasn't hard. She's very tall and butch. She's standing with Connor who I'm assuming is training her.

I hear Connor say something as I approach. "Okay, just cut off as much fat as you can as it goes by and the rule of thumb here is…" He is interrupted by the woman, her name is Rozengurtle Baumgartner. Unfortunate, I thought it was a joke to begin with.

"Rule of thumb?" She says sounding offended. She turns to the room and I can see a tattoo on her neck that says: untouched by man. Makes sense now, lesbian.

Connor looks at her questioningly "Yeah?"

"Do you know where that term comes from? In the early 1900's it was legal for men to beat their wives as long as they used a stick no wider than their thumb." She says loudly to the room.

Connor holds up his thumb and stares at it and says "Can't do much damage with that. Perhaps, it shoulda been the rule of wrist." He looks a little too proud of himself.

Before she can say anything I stride over and bump Connor out of the way with my hip and smile up at the woman "Hi, how you doin'? I'm Catriona from admin, could I get you to sign your employee form please?"

She looks at me up and down with a loose jaw and nods silently. I grin "Thank you"

I hand her the form and the pen and she leans on the table next to her. I look at Connor with a grin "Don't get to see you at work very often"

He grins and brushes his mouth against my exposed ear "No, I don't. I don't like it. I want ta see ya all the time"

Murphy who was standing right behind us joins in with his brothers teasing by kissing my jaw "Me too"

I push them away with a fake look of annoyance "Connor and Murphy MacManus, we're in the work place. I think they call that sexual harassment."

The woman turns angrily on Connor "You don't even respect women do you?" The woman snaps at my boys.

I hold my hands up "Hold on"

Murphy presses into me "Rhi doesn't mind, do ya, darlin'?"

Connor grins at the woman who is boiling with rage "I knew you two pricks would give me problems. Women don't like your male dominance bullshit!" She snaps

I can't help but want her to feel a little more pissed off "Really?" I ask innocently "I kinda like it" I reply and stroke Murphy's arm.

The room erupts with laughter. "Oh, come on now Rozengurtle. We was just tryin' ta get a rise outta ya." Connor says when he sees the woman's been pushed too far.

"Yeah. Just tryin' ta break the ice is all. Rhi's our girlfriend" Murphy says. All the employees know about the three of us and nobody gives a shit.

"Fuck you" Rozen…whatever says pointing at Murphy then turns to Connor and shouts "and fuck you too!"

"Oh, come on its St. Patty's Day. It's all in good fun." Murphy says with a grin

"Baumgartner sound Irish to you, fuck face?" She snaps and I glare at her

I step in front of the boys and hold up my hands "Right, now. There is no need for that"

Connor says "yeah, look Rozengurtle, we're sorry. Just relax."

She punches Connor in the face. I gasp in shock but Connor barely moves and smirks "Why don't ya save all your aggression for protests and marches and what not."

She suddenly lifts her foot and kicks Connor in the balls and he goes down "Would you stop beating my man!" I snap angrily as I drop down beside Connor and help him onto a seat

"You fuckin' slave. Kowtowing to the needs of men! Get up! Get the fuck up! Leave him there" She snaps at me

I stand up and get into her face "What did you just call me?" I ask dangerously.

She actually looks surprised and I smirk "What? Because I wear a skirt and shave means I can't take you down?"

She lifts her fist and aims for my face. I'm ready to hand her ass to her but Murphy pulls me away and punches her instead. She hits the ground. "Don't ya try and touch me girl again and you're gonna have to change that tattoo now"

I managed to tweak things in HR so the three of us could keep our jobs. That bitch started it and we defended ourselves it wasn't hard to find 'witnesses'. Everything was smoothed over and Rozengurtle was moved to another factory line. Just another day with the MacManus brothers, you gotta love them!