Faking It by Portia MacIntosh

Author:Portia MacIntosh [MacIntosh, Portia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Published: 2021-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

22

I don’t know why I was expecting Marco to be workshy… I suppose it’s the semi-slippery nature of the way he operates, and the big pay-offs rather than a steady wage, that tricked me into thinking he wasn’t the type to sit around and put in the hard work. Turns out I had him all wrong.

Marco is currently showing me the new website – live – because he’s been working on it at home, in his free time, for no money – and, wow, it looks amazing.

‘The new design is really polished,’ he explains as he navigates me around the site. ‘It’s the perfect balance of minimal design and punchy, visual calls to action, leading your eyes instantly to the most important bits of information.’

I don’t completely understand what he’s saying but it sounds good, and the website certainly looks good. And Marco seems so proud of his work, which is just so nice to see. He comes alive when he knows what he’s talking about. He’s already a pretty confident person anyway, but when it’s his time to shine, it’s as if a few extra light bulbs flick on, and it’s ridiculously sexy… even if it is totally nerdy.

‘You’ve done such an amazing job,’ I tell him. ‘The guys out there aren’t going to be able to say a bad word about it.’

‘There’s more to do, too, that will make it run even better. SEO, finding better ways to monetise it… I’ll crack on with it now, if you like?’ he suggests.

‘You’re a dream,’ I tell him. ‘Thank you. I’m just about to submit my replies to some of the latest problem letters. It’s funny, I found this book of my mum’s – the last one she wrote before she died – and I’ve been searching it for answers to the questions sent in, and I just disagree with her on so many points.’

‘Oh, really, like what?’ he asks curiously.

‘Well, like this one man who has written in, saying his son is acting up, because he feels like his parents are always breathing down his neck, and they’re worried he’s up to something… Going off my mum’s advice, you should be in your kid’s business as much as possible, they shouldn’t have an ounce of privacy. And that totally checks out, because we weren’t allowed a lock on the bathroom doors until we were well into our teens.’

‘Weird,’ he replies. ‘So, what are you going to say?’

‘I’m going to tell them to give him a bit of space – or at least appear to. He’ll stop feeling so smothered and stop acting up, and if he is actually up to something, well, he’ll get careless and they’ll rumble him. It’s win-win.’

‘Wow, that’s funny,’ Marco says with a smile.

‘What is?’ I ask.

‘That people with their lives the least together are actually the best at giving advice,’ he points out.

Huh, I’d never thought about it like that, but it makes sense. I’d imagine, if I was a struggling single mum, with

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