Stephen King – Grey Matter eBook

Description

The story, told from the perspective of an older “local” man, begins as he is sitting around at a convenience store with a group of his friends during a heavy snowstorm. A young boy runs in, deathly afraid. The men recognize him as Timmy Grenadine, the son of Richie Grenadine, a man who was injured in a work accident at the local mill many years ago and was granted lifetime workmen’s compensation to ward off a lawsuit. Richie’s wife died prior to the accident, and the marriage produced the minor son who is now seeking refuge. Now that his son could be cared for thanks to the continuous generous income, and no need to support a wife nor himself, Richie became a recluse, drinking cheap beer while watching TV, and using his son to act as errand boy for the times errands needed to be done, most of which involved buying beer.