Niko and Roman are forced to flee to Bohan after their apartment and taxi company are burned down by Dimitri's men. While Niko finds work for some local drug lords, Dimitri kidnaps Roman in a failed attempt to lure Niko into a trap, who successfully rescues his cousin. Later, Niko discovers that his girlfriend Michelle is a government agent, and she entraps him into working for her agency, known only by its cover name: United Liberty Paper. In exchange for the assassinations of several known or suspected terrorists, the agency clears Niko's criminal record and begins searching for the traitor he seeks. Niko and Roman's fortunes suddenly improve when the latter receives a large amount of insurance money from his destroyed business, which he uses to rebuild it and buy an apartment in Algonquin. Roman also proposes to Mallorie, who accepts.