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“We are family, man. But family doesn't mean we have to live up here, slinging dope to a bunch of suburban punks from Alderney. And complaining about how life could be. We are on the doorstep, man. Liberty fucking City.” - Luis Lopez

Playboy X: You the money, son. Yusuf's PA won't put me though to the cat. But when they hear about this shit, they gonna start listening to Playboy.

- Deconstruction for Beginners. • 2008 Niko Bellic eliminates a union of Mafia guys holding up Yusuf Amir’s construction site.

Playboy X: You gonna kick some ass down there, boy. I’m backing you up.

Niko: I think you might want to look at a map, Playboy. Dubai isn’t in Africa. Playboy: Shit, it all the same.

Playboy X: I’ll give you what you after. Cold hard cash. That’s what you chasing, right?

Playboy X: Money changes people. Not me. I'm still a hustler from these streets... and I heard good things about you. Niko: Okay. But, I'm warning you... I'm not low budget.

“I need money. This pays. I can do it... I don't care if I live or die... and I'm looking for someone.” - Niko Bellic

- Lure. • 2008 Francis McReary as an officer convinces himself daily that men like Niko Bellic are beneath him. Nonetheless, Francis is desperate enough to pay Niko an additional five G’s to effectively wipe out an East Holland drug gang.

- Momma’s Boy. • 2008 Luis Fernando Lopez returns to underground cage fighting. Initially meant to take a scripted fall to help pay off his mother’s debt with loan shark Santos; Luis remembers he loves winning and simply kills Santos after the fight.

... • 2008 Luis is the only of three children to look after and financially support his mother back home in North Holland. Despite having feeble room to criticize, she’s the only one to effectively tear away at her son’s ego.

- Hit The Pipe. • 2008 Malc supplies Johnny Klebitz with some pipe bombs to throw at the Angels of Death.

... • 2008 Jim introduces Johnny to Malc, from the Uptown Riders in Algonquin. Sports bikes seemed alien to The Lost. Still, it’s good to have another bike gang fuck with the AOD.

- Holland Nights. • 2008 Francis: Maybe people make mistakes. But this guy, is scum. Niko: How much? Francis: Good money. Two G's. Niko: Two? You mean five.

Francis: Remember, you're doing a real service for the community by getting rid of this scumbag. Niko: Francis McReary is the community now? You're starting to sound like your friend Manny.

Francis: You’re a good man, Niko Bellic. A good man. Niko: Coming from you, that means a lot.

“Maybe it'd be easy if I was not an attractive man, but, sadly, I was not blessed with plain features. No matter where I go, the ladies love me.“ - Roman Bellic

- Final Interview. • 2008 Upon accepting Niko Bellic’s job application, Tom Goldberg receives a bullet to the face.