Editing Billy McBardigael (section)

=== Edward's departure from Los Santos ===
A few months into his quiet life, Billy got the call: [[The First Scottish Revolution|Edward was leaving Los Santos]]. For good.

The Yakuza problems were behind him. Claymore was dust. There was nothing left to hold him back — and ahead lay a return to Scotland, and the First Scottish Revolution that was quietly brewing beneath the surface.

Billy didn’t argue.

He just showed up.

They met at Edward’s nightclub in Strawberry, now shuttered and emptied of life. It was a quiet sendoff — no fireworks, no speeches. Just the three of them: Edward, Billy, and Jim, sharing drinks in a dimly lit booth like they had a hundred times before.

Laughter came easy that night, even with the weight of goodbye hovering over the table.

When the bottle ran dry, they made their way to LSIA.  Billy gave Edward a firm handshake, then pulled him into a hug.<blockquote>“Go raise hell back home, cousin.”</blockquote>Edward smirked.<blockquote>“Aye. And don’t let that bloody farm turn you soft.”</blockquote>The plane lifted off a few minutes later.

Billy and Jim stood side by side, watching the tail lights disappear into the morning sky.

No words. Just the wind. And the end of an era.