Yes, she gets some spunk

"No, mom," Erica said.

Sarah stopped and looked up at her daughter with a smile creeping on her face. "What did you just say?"

"I said 'no', mom," Erica said with more assertiveness. "I am a grown woman. You can't boss me around, and you especially can't take my dignity arbitrarily like that!"

Sarah pulled Erica's pants and underwear back up, redoing her jeans, and gave Erica a big bear hug.

"You're damn right I can't!" she started pelting Erica with kisses, "come, let's get ice cream!"

With that, the two women left the bathroom, both fully clothed and the older with a jubilant smile and the younger with relief.

"Now, while we get ice cream," Sarah continued, "I want you to text the girls what you just told me now."

Erica gulped at this. Surely the other three, least of all Lisa, would take too kindly to this. But still, she trusted her mother's protection and felt great about the ice cream trip in the concourse.