Ninety-nine Stories

Ninety-nine percent By james a. galgano Now with each growing minute of discontent To meet the mortgage put food on the table to pay the rent. Without a job or check for unemployment without healthcare We find ourselves within the midst of growing disenchantment. We the growing indentured college loan owing student servant We the old and young alike the ninety nine percent

This is a sonnet I wrote in memory of my great grandma who recently passed away. Her name was June, hence the title. My great grandma June lived to be 99 years old. Even though she began to slow down, her spirit never left her. A twinkle of joy was always in her eye, even as her memory faded. She constantly had a song that she would hum or sing. She would tell stories of her childhood to me and my sister. She will be greatly missed, but her memory will live on.

Chrystine Antoinette McIntyre lives a double life. She is the silent, beautiful girl at school who gets good grades. She’s always quick to smile and is more than willing to help when she is needed. But that isn’t her only life. At home, Chrystine lives a completely different life that no one has ever seen, let alone known. Chase Kingston is the popular jock and reigning jerk of the school. He never dates a girl, only sleeps with them, and has appropriately earned a bad-boy reputation. But when Chase sees something he shouldn’t have, it becomes harder for Chrystine to keep her two lives separate and even harder to keep her heart safe…….