Missed your point? Did either of them say ANYTHING to suggest that?
Maybe they were making a separate point, with nothing whatever to do with your point. Did that not occur to you? Take some time off from being surly and open your mind, please.
The world is actually sometimes quite a nice place.
Has no one considered that perhaps K.A. could not write a different ending, BECAUSE of Scholastic? Many publishers have a MAJOR control over what the writer is actually allowed to print.