Summary

Chapter 21. There is quite a commotion around Cobble’s Corner in celebration of Maniac untying the knot. In the midst of the confetti and streamers, Maniac notices Amanda is visibly upset and runs away. Maniac picks up a piece of paper and notices the confetti is made out of Amanda’s prized volume A of her encyclopedias. He runs after Amanda and finds her at home sobbing and hovering over the cover of the mangled book. Maniac decides he can no longer allow Amanda or her family be hurt by him. He heads out the door and travels to the corner of Hector Street where he finds McNab and the Cobras waiting for him. Knowing the boys won’t cross the invisible line that separates the East and West End, Maniac travels North on Hector between the curbs that separate the neighborhoods. By this time, Mars...