Chapter 7

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But I won't be moving just yet. Why? Because I wanna ask Niko to come with me.

In these 3 years, I've been in contact with Niko, and we became good buddies. He also gave me the contact information of Elizabeth, before she got arrested, and I did a few runs for her. I didn't tell about those runs, because they went without a problem, and there was no shootout. I made good money from her, until she got arrested.

I didn't bother helping her as I didn't like her. She was quite an asshole, in my opinion. I helped St. Michael because I felt sorry for Packie when St. Michael dies in the game, he says 'I should've been nice to him at least once', or something like that; and Derrick also says, 'He loved you Packie, he was just happy you talked to him', or something like that.

Now I'm in renewed Esperanto, heading towards Niko's place. I'm planning on moving to LS next week, and gonna ask him if he wants to come.

He got his revenge, by the way, and believe it or not, Katie is alive and well. I was at the wedding of Roman's as we became friends, though not close, with him, and was invited.

I saw the assholes who shot Katie in the story, and shot at them before they could harm anybody.

Also, Katie and Niko started dating after getting the blessings of Packie; they also moved in together last year. Niko, is finally; got his happy ending. He's my best friend right now, so of course I'm happy for him.

I walk inside the apartment complex, walk up on the stairs, to the 5th floor, and knock on the door with the number 21 on it.

I wait for a few seconds before I hear footsteps coming toward the door. Once the door is opened, I see Katie wearing a home outfit, which consists of a T-shirt, sweatpants, and socks.

"Oh, Beliana! Hello!" She welcomes me, and lets me inside.

"Hey, Katie." I greet her. "Is Niko here?"

"Yeah, he's eating."

I'm gonna skip the boring part; after trying to convince both of them, they didn't want to come with me to Los Santos. They want to stay here, with their families. I explained to Niko that I could get him THOSE kinda jobs, but he said no. It seems Lester was right, he does go quiet. Especially now, that he has found stability, and happiness.

Arriving back home, I decided to start taking care of arrangements. I started looking for a home, put my current home up for sale, and such.

After a few hours of searching and phone calling, I found a house quite to my liking. The first is in Paleto Bay, 0232 Paleto Boulevard; yes the one that can be bought by GTA Online protagonist. I'm not planning on becoming like my character, I just want money, a small business, while partaking in robberies as an adrenaline pump. The second is 1893 Grapeseed Avenue. And the third is 140 Zancudo Avenue.

Why am I only look for houses in Paleto Bay and Sandy Shores, you ask?

Well, I was always fond of these places in the game. Quiet, and peaceful. I don't like the city. Loud, cars pass by the house all the time...I don't want that. And I can get anything I want there. There are supermarkets nearby, clothing stores as well, what else do I need, really?

I bet someone would come at me with the argument of it's too hot there and there's a lot of sand or some bullshit like that.

It's hot there? Good, I like hot weather. Too much sand and dirt? I don't care. The air is cleaner here than in the city, I bet.

I have around $500k or more in my bank account, honestly I haven't checked it in a while. Anyway, after selling my home here, I will have more money. I'm planning on selling this place for $50-100k. It's a nice place, but don't really care for it. The houses I checked were around $120k.

By the way, I didn't say, but I don't mind that Niko didn't come with me to LS. Though, yes, I wanted to rob some shit with him, I can do it with Lamar. I honestly think that in the story, Lamar could've done a good job in the Jewel Store Job, The Bureau Raid, The Paleto Score, or even in The Big Score.

Why?

Well, in the store robbery, he could've handled a bike well enough, and collecting some jewelry isn't hard. He could've handled it. And he's aggressive enough as well to handle crowd control.

He can also shoot, and with a half a ton armor, Lamar could've survived the Paleto Bay bank robbery.

In the bureau raid, acting as a fireman, isn't hard. He just needed to run through the building and that's it, you know? In the different approach, he could've handled the shootout as well, which is evident from the fact that he hold back the FIB agents himself outside.

In the Union Depository robbery, I think he could've easily switch tires, or load the gold bricks into the Gauntlets. Or push to trollies of gold into place or act as distraction with Michael.

I thought about that a lot; and that's why I was a bit disappointed with Franklin that he didn't even take the time to just tell Lester, Michael or Trevor to consider him as a gunman. He wouldn't even need a big cut, you know?

That's why I decided that when the time comes, and hopefully Lester will contact me for the Fleeca Job or something, I will be able to get Lamar to do that with me.

Is it dumb from me? Honestly, I don't think so. It would be a great chance for both of us to get experience, and have the chance to be hired by Michael when the time comes.