Once he grew up enough to manage his own affairs again, the leftover money would help give him a new start in life. Thomas nodded and told Mary quietly that when she had the papers ready, she’d find him in the study. There was still a chance he could discover how to reverse the formula before it was too late and he didn’t want to waste a minute. Then he turned on his heel and disappeared into the study to go over his research papers again. Mary saw their lawyer that afternoon and began proceedings for a uncontested divorce.
Thursday morning Mary went to Goodwill and shopped for various sizes of clothing that would fit Thomas’s rapidly diminishing frame as he became younger. She had no intention of being seen with him buying new clothes every day; people would talk!