I don’t think she was stealing—I think she forgot. She was pregnant and needed to eat. It is as simple as that.
She paid for her groceries, how hard could it have been to ask her to pay for the item she forgot without going to this extreme?
World is full of a-holes.
Also...
"I think she forgot."
"She was pregnant"
"needed to eat"
"World is full of a-holes."
Please, entertain us with some more colorful excuses for it being alright to steal.