Saturday Centus...

The prompt this week is:  It was only ninety-eight cents...

Number of words: 98 EXACTLY including the 5 words of the prompt.
Style of writing: Any so long as the total word count is EXACTLY 98 words

I borrowed Ms Jenny's picture.

Saving up, she raked Mrs. Abernathy’s yard for a quarter, walked Joe’s dogs for ten cents and picked bugs from the garden for a penny a piece only finding seventeen. She kept counting, hoping she’d earn enough.

Mr. Watson paid her twenty-six cents to weed his flowers.

It certainly was hard for a seven-year-old to find work. On her last day, she washed a car for twenty cents.

Rushing to the store the porcelain figurine remained, a gift for Mom. Money was counted. It was only ninty-eight cents. The shop keeper never mentioned the item was one dollar.