Forelli Family Donna, Lori Forelli, her right hand woman Carol Pingrey, and another Forelli member, Dana, discuss Lincoln Vercetti's release from prison, after he was arrested and jailed for killing eleven men during a botched hit; serving fifteen years behind bars. The mobsters decide to send Lincoln to Vice City to man their drug operations there for a few months...
Marco's Bistro , Liberty City 1986
"Lincoln Vercetti...Huh! s*it. Didn't think they'd ever let him out." Lori said, while lighting a cigar. She's sitting in the back room of Marco's Bistro with two of her capos, Carol Pingrey and Dana. "He kept his head down, helps people forget." Said Carol. Lori interrupted, "People will remember soon enough, when they see him walking down the streets of their neighborhoods. It will be bad for business."
"Well, what are we gonna do Lori?" Carol asks with a bit of concern.
Lori responds, "We treat him like an old friend and keep him busy out of town, ok?" She takes a shot a long drag off the cigar. "We've been talking about expanding down South right? Vice City... it's 24 Karat Gold these days. The Colombians, The Mexicans, hell... even those Cuban refugees are cutting themselves a piece of some nice action..."
"But it's all drugs, Lori. None of the Families will touch that s*it!" Dana replied.
"Times are changing." Lori replies.
"The Families can't keep their backs turned while our enemies reap the rewards. So, we send someone down to do the dirty work for us...and cut ourselves a nice quiet slice...Ok? Who's our contact down there?" Lori asks Carol.
"Luan Rosenberg, schmuck of a lawyer. How's she gonna hold Vercetti's leash?"
Lori smirked, "We don't need her to."
"We just set him loose in Vice City. We give him a little cash to get started ok? Give it a few months; Then we go down, pay him a little visit right? See how he's doing..."
Escobar International Airport, Vice City
After flying out to Vice City, Lincoln, Luan Rosenberg, and mobsters Harry and Lee, are driven in Luan's Admiral to a drug deal with the Vance Crime Family in Viceport.
"Hey, hey, guys! It's, uh, Luan Rosenberg here!" Luan says while chuckling. "Hey! Heh, heh, hey, great, hey! Well, uh, I'm gonna drive you guys to the meet, okay?" while Luan, Harry, Lee and Lincoln enters the car.
"Now, I've talked to the suppliers and they are very, huh-ha, keen to start a business relationship, so, uh, if all goes well, we should, uh, be doing very nicely for ourselves, which is, y'know... good.." Luan says, pausing for a bit. She regains her composure and smiles ,"Okay, so. They're brothers, okay. One operates the uh, the business, and the other one does the flying." All the while Luan was talking; Lincoln stares outside as if thinking deeply.
An hour later, The Vances arrive by helicopter and begin the deal.
Vice City Docks
Luan points to the two dealers, "Ok, that's them in the chopper. All right, here's the deal. They want a straight exchange on open ground. All right? Ok. Stay tight, let's go."
Rosenberg stays in the car while Lincoln, Lee and Harry complete the deal. One of the dealers exits the helicopter and walks towards the group carrying two briefcases. Some men carrying weapons and wearing black clothes are seen crouching behind some crates in a nearby warehouse.
"Got it?" Lincoln asks. "100% Pure grade-A Colombian, my friend." replied the dealer. "Let me see it." The dealer inquired, "The greens?" "Tens and twenties...used." Lincoln gestures Harry and Lee to open the briefcases. "I think we may have a deal my friend! Ha Ha!" says the dealer while grinning.
However the deal is ambushed, and Harry, Lee and one of the dealers, are killed, while Lincoln, Luan, and another dealer, escaped.
"Oh s*it!" running back to the car. Lincoln jumps to the window of the car and says to Luan, " Go on, get out of here! Drive!"
Lincoln and Luan drive to Luan's office, where Lincoln tells Luan to get some sleep and that he will visit her in the morning to begin evaluating the situation. Luan goes into her office, and Lincoln drives to the Ocean View Hotel to telephone Lori and inform her of what happened.
Vice Beach, outside Luan's Office
"I poke my head out of the gutter for one freakin' second, and fate shovels s*it in my face!" Luan says nervously. Lincoln replied straightforwardly, "Go get some sleep." Luan, curious as to what's he's planning to do, asks," What are you gonna do?"
"I'll drop by your office tomorrow and we can start sorting this mess out."
Then Luan gets out her car and walks back to her office, while Lincoln drives back to Ocean View Hotel.