Ending Re-Write for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter. Written from Laura (Andy's girlfriend's) point of view.

April 19, 1962 - 11:59 pm <Tab/>What a f#$&ing week! I can't believe Andy is really gone, I mean, I knew all along with him being part of a gang that he'd get hurt sometimes, but this... it's too much. The Royals are all hastlin' me, it's been real rough. They seem to think that it's my fault Andy's gone, as though if I hadn't sent him for those cigs …

…be left as just some other case of a Royal being "accidentally" killed during yet another street fight. No one seems to care that Andy, my Andy, is gone forever. Sure they're all sad, but school's no different. The teachers probably enjoy it, one less kid they have to look after, one less low-life skid in the school. No one knew Andy the way I did, he was so much more than just a Royal.