I agree about just getting the return/burying or whatever, over with.
I think the debate over stealing, the why she did it, what should be done now, etc,
is over something that isn't worth a lot of energy. Everyone does things in haste they later regret. It was clearly a Reaction.
Just get rid of the darn thing, Mary. Throw it in a bag, into a dumpster somewhere, the bottom of the ocean, on his doorstep, or put dynamite under it. Just move on.