Tommy stops looking for Sonny's money and starts building his own empire, buying up local businesses like the Malibu Club and a film studio to launder his growing fortune. The Finale: Keep Your Friends Close
Tommy works for the flamboyant drug lord Ricardo Diaz, eventually discovering Diaz was behind the pier ambush.
Tommy and Ken barely escape alive. Sonny is furious and demands his money back, leaving Tommy alone in a neon-soaked city where he has no friends and a massive debt to the mob. The Rise: Building a Criminal Empire GTA Vice City
The attackers escape with both the money and the cocaine.
Accompanied by neurotic lawyer Ken Rosenberg, Tommy meets the Vance brothers—Victor and Lance—on a secluded pier. The deal is a trap: Masked gunmen ambush the exchange. Tommy stops looking for Sonny's money and starts
Tommy kills both Lance and Sonny in a bloody shootout, cementing himself as the undisputed King of Vice City.
Sonny admits he was the one who set Tommy up 15 years ago, leading to his long prison sentence. Sonny is furious and demands his money back,
Victor Vance and Tommy's associates are killed.