[classic swim]

- Mr. and Mrs. Bellic. • 2008 Kate McReary: Do you think the men you've been dealing with will let you walk off into the sunset? Niko Bellic: They will have to. I am not a slave. It would be easier to be happy if I was with the right person, though.

Kate: The right person can make your life wonderful in the same way that the wrong one can ruin it. The problem is that it's difficult to tell which one the man you are with is. Niko: I've had some trouble telling right and wrong apart before. After the war, I was involved in a life I felt was not for me. Those decisions became very difficult. Kate: You're talking about your criminal exploits as if they are a thing of the past. Niko: Well, maybe there are. I don't want to be involved with the men I have been involved with. I want to surround myself with good people, not bad ones. Recently, I have tied up a lot of loose ends in this city. - - - - Niko: My past does not haunt me in the way that it used to. I have tried to separate myself from it. I am ready to try to be good.

Phil Bell: I understand why you made the decision you did. For what it's worth, I didn't trust that Dimitri neither. Niko Bellic: Yeah, well, I did what I had to do. Phil Bell: Anyway, you and me can't talk no more. Jimmy's falling apart. The Pegorinos ain't nothing no more. I'm out man. Goodbye!

Niko: So it seems it ends where it began. Roman: I guess you did what you felt you had to do. No deal, no money, no hot tubs and models. But Dimitri will not bother you again. I will see you at the wedding, yes? Remember to wear a suit.

Niko: I should’ve put you out of your misery a long time ago. Goodbye, Dimitri.

“I’ve never been popular. I don’t mean to start now.” - Niko Bellic

Niko: You're about to learn a lesson, actions have consequences. You screwed me over, now you're paying for it. Shame that'll be the second last thing that goes into your head. Goodbye. Dimitri: You're the one who's going to learn a lesson. People aren't going to be happy if you kill me.

Dimitri: Niko, it's been a long time. I thought your time in America might have calmed you down. Niko: America does not change everyone. Look at you. You arrived in this country a spineless rat who would sell out his friends. That is what you will be when you die here.

- A Dish Served Cold. • 2008 Niko returned to the Platypus ship he arrived to Liberty City in months ago to eliminate Dimitri once and for all. Rascalov in the middle of offloading heroin could not escape Niko this time.

Kate: I'm not going to respect you if you compromise what you believe in for money, Niko. Goodbye.

Niko: Now that I know where Dimitri is, I might just go there and take him out instead. Have you forgotten that he burnt down your apartment and business, that he arranged your kidnapping? Roman: Now I have a better apartment, and I'll have an even better one if you work with him again. Promise me you won't do anything hasty, cousin.

Jimmy: ......... Look, Phil will look after you.

Pegorino: This is real. I need you. Niko: Real? What the fuck is real? Real because it's you?

- One Last Thing. • 2008 Pegorino had something to discuss over at Honker’s, but it was no longer Niko’s care or concern. The war criminal responsible for lifelong trauma was dead. Niko Bellic wasn’t sure what he was anymore, but he’s answering only to himself now.

Roman: Maybe now that you know that revenge is not what you are after, you can look for fulfillment in other places. Healthy ones.

Niko: You piece of shit! That was for everyone. That was for me. Roman: Okay, Niko. It's over. It's all over now.

Darko: Thank you.

Niko: You killed my friends for one thousand dollars... Darko: How much do you charge to kill someone?