Chapter 3: The Party

Luan Rosenberg's Office.

Lincoln and Luan discuss how to sort out the botched drug deal. Because this could mean the end of their career and lives if they fail to acquire back the money to Lori. While Lincoln is looking at the window, Luan is pacing back and forth, she broke the silence:

"Go get some sleep he says…" chuckling nervously, as if having a panic attack. "I have been sitting in this chair all night with the lights off drinking coffee." She's pacing back and forth and waving her hands around while talking to Lincoln, "This is a disaster. We are so screwed man!" She then looked at Lincoln, "These gorillas, listen to me, are gonna come down here and rip my head off." "It's ridiculous! I did NOT go to law school for this! Ok, now what the hell are you gonna do?" saying that last sentence in unbelief of how her life led up to this point.

Lincoln calmly replied to her, "Shut up, sit down and relax." Luan did what Lincoln told her to, then he sat down and looked at her "I'll tell you what we're gonna do. You're gonna find out who took our cocaine…and then I'm gonna kill them." while laying his feet on Luan's table.

Luan smile at the idea, "That's a good idea, that's a GREAT idea. Let me think, let me think…" trying to dig into her mind of any idea to help Lincoln. Then it came to her. "OH! There's this retired colonel, Colonel Arturo Cortez." saying his name as if plastered on a big wall. "He's the one that helped me set up the deal well away from Vice City's established thugs. Ok? Now, listen. He's holding his party out in the bay on his expensive yacht and all of Vice City's biggest players are gonna be ?"

While saying that she slid out an invitation letter to Lincoln. "I have an invite, of course I have an invite, but there's no way I am going out there sticking my head out the door. No way, not gonna happen."

Lincoln, seemingly annoyed by her ranting, 'I told you shut up!...I'll go myself…"

Luan, felt relieved she wasn't gonna go outside, but immediately stops Lincoln a second later, "Ho! Whoa whoa! Hey, I like 1978 too, but y'know, this isn't gonna be a beer and strippers do." She was talking about how Lincoln was dressed, he was dressed in a blue Hawaiian shirt and jeans. "I mean no offence, but I think you might turn heads on the runway for the wrong reasons." saying that lastly so as to not get on Lincoln's bad side.

Lincoln, stares at Luan in unbelief, and then asks, "What's wrong with the way I'm dressed?" asking like that shirt he wore was an insult.

"Ok, look,here. Stop by Loni's, tell him I sent ya. He'll make you look respectable."

Luan gives Lincoln a card. Leaves the office.

Lincoln, while leaving the office, mutters, "Who does she think she is? Now I gotta dress like a chump, as well as hang out with them?" He then looked at his shirt and says with dismay "I like this shirt…."

Lincoln arrives at Loni's and changes into a new suit. After exiting the shop he sees a random guy parking a Freeway bike on the other side of the road.

Lincoln smirked at the sight, "Hmm… Nice bike."

He then stole the bike and arrives at Colonel Cortez's yacht and is introduced to the colonel.

"Buenas noches. I understand you are here on the behalf of Ms. Rosenberg." greeting Lincoln hospitably. "I hope any recent problem has not affected her health, or uh, mental well being. Mr….uh?"

Lincoln quickly replied, "Vercetti. She's just got a touch of…agoraphobia." Slightly laughing at that last statement.

Arturo, pleased with the news, smiled, "Excellent, excellent. And you?"

"I just want my merchandise." He sternly replied.

"Ah. It's unfortunate circumstances for all involved. Of course I have initiated my own lines of inquiry, but such a delicate matter will take time. Perhaps we will talk later." he explained to Lincoln so as to not make him disappoint. "Meanwhile let me introduce you to my daughter, Ronnie!"

Arturo calls Ronnie and she walks over them.

Arturo looks at his daughter and says, "Caramia, can you look after our guest while I attend my necessary obligations?"

Ronnie smiled and held onto Lincoln's arm, "Of course Papa."

Arturo then walked away, leaving Ronnie and Lincoln alone to talk.

"Ronnie?!" he quipped out of curiosity.

Ronnie rolled her eyes a bit and faces Lincoln, "You try living with it. Anyway, let me point some of our more distinguished guests."

Ronnie points at Chandler Shrub and Candy Sweetwater who are standing with Luke Paul.

"That's our congressman Chandler Shrub with rising silicone star, Candy Sweetwater…"

Chandler speaking to Luke while holding Candy in her hips, "And have you met my wife Laura? No? Well unfortunately she is in Alabama. This is Candy." Saying that while enjoying an intimate time with her. All the while Luke just stood there watching the two.

Ronnie then pointed to Chaz Smith, "And over there we have Vice Mambas star tight end, Chaz…always a charmer."

Chaz is talking to Liam Carrington who is standing with his protégé, Zach Love.

Chaz said jokingly, " I blocked down and then I put him on a wheelchair!"

All three laughed at what Chaz has just recently said.

Liam then replied "That is good. Well now I am looking at some prime real estate."

Ronnie points out at Sam Torrent who is lying on a sun lounger next to two women.

"And that popsicle amphibian is Sam Torrent, lead singer with Love Fist."

Sam, heave in make up with crazy looking hair, talked to the 2 ladies he was with, as If telling a great tale, "Can I tell yous…Do you know how they play ping-pong in Thailand? Let me tell yous, it does not invole a paddle if you know what I mean!" then the two girls giggled at what he said.

"Impotent." Rolled her eyes, seemingly disgusted at Sam's last statement. She then pointed out to her father's men, "And the chatty trio. That sweeping sweat gland is papa's right hand gimp, Gonzalez, and the other two are Pastor Richards and pseudo intellectual film director Hank Scott."

Hank Scott, waving his arms up and down as if to simulate shark bites while talking to Gonzalez and Pastor Richards, "…Passion with the nympho invaders, when the giant sharks come in and just bites their d*cks off! Ha now, you never saw anything like that before, have you?" grinning at that last statement.

Then, a man with two bodyguards arrived at the party.

"Colonel! Your parties as ever are a triumph." While laughing." I can only apologize for my late arrival."

Arturo shook his hand and said "Ah da nada amigo. How do we find you?"

"Our business is very tiring…barbarians at the gate. A time for rewarding one's friends and liquidating one's enemies amigo." Explaining with a cigar in his hand.

Lincoln then asks "Who's the loud mouth?"

"Ronaldo Diaz. He's Mr. Coke." looks at him to answer his question.

Ronaldo then spots her and greets back, "Ronnie!"

Ronnie, quick to think, "Oh I was just taking my friend back into town. Another time Ronaldo!" saying that as if showing she was a bit sad she had to go, but in reality she just doesn't want to see that man at all, then she turned her attention to Lincoln, "Let's get out of here. Actually, take me to the Pole Position Club."

Lincoln and Ronnie leave the party and head to the Pole Position Club.

Ronnie, interested in him a bit, asks, "Will you be working for my father?"

Lincoln, trying not to take his eyes off the road, immediately replied, "Maybe."

Ronnie, now even more interested, asks again, "Do you mind resting my hand on your lap?"

"Maybe…."

Ronnie, again thought of a way to get his attention, said in a complainant voice, "It's so difficult to have a rich and powerful father. Vamos."

The both arrived at the Pole Position Club. Ronnie then heads inside.

"See you around, handsome!" looks back at him with a sexy smile."

"I am sure you will." He replied back .

Now that Lincoln has a reliable source, he is now confident that he can find that money back.