50% cake 50% price
In the most unusual way, there is a method to it. There was only half a cake left, therefore she should only pay half price; however, that logic would only work if it wasn’t her fault that half of the cake was gone because she ate it in the shop.
In this day and age, using their kids as a bargaining chip crosses the line. I’m not sure what she expected to occur, but the fact that she tried to leverage it as such is nothing short of hilarious. We’ve reached new levels of denial and reverse psychology here folks; next time we’ll hear she was booted out of Target.