After his first job, he is joined by former friend Trevor Phillips. After getting on the wrong side of a Mexican Cartel leader, Michael is forced to return to criminal life once more, this time, aided by his protege and up-and-coming criminal Franklin Clinton. With his money gone and his bought idyllic and domestic lifestyle driving him crazy, Michael decides to return to the life of crime, in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
Michael also has the same relationship with his children, Jimmy and Tracy, as he doesn't know how to communicate with them and they both have little time for him. Unfortunately, his wife, Amanda - who also has the same feeling, repeatedly spends his money at Los Santos's finest boutiques and the family has became largely dysfunctional over the years. Michael De Santa is a retired highly successful criminal and bank robber from the East Coast, who, after making a deal with the FIB, moves alongside his family to Los Santos, where they live in a nice mansion in the most exclusive neighborhood in Los Santos. Michael is one of the three protagonists of Grand Theft Auto V. Option C: Prologue - The Third Way (in this ending friendship activities can be done after the final mission with Franklin and Trevor) Main article: Michael (GTA V) Option B: Prologue - The Time's Come (killed)