▁murder ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁Sebastian ▁Gate . ▁The ▁case ▁is ▁assigned ▁to ▁Max ▁Pay ne ' s ▁new ▁partner , ▁detect ive ▁Val erie ▁Winter son , ▁but ▁despite ▁their ▁past , ▁Max ▁does ▁not ▁inform ▁the ▁authorities ▁that ▁he ▁knows ▁Mon a ▁nor ▁does ▁he ▁inform ▁them ▁of ▁her ▁visit ▁to ▁his ▁a partment . ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Mon a ▁is ▁indeed ▁the ▁k iller ▁of ▁Senator ▁G ates . ▁To ▁save ▁her , ▁Max ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁shoot ▁the ▁cor rupt ▁Winter son ▁before ▁she ▁can ▁execute ▁Mon a . ▁Mon a ▁and ▁Max ▁work ▁together ▁to ▁prevent ▁shadow y ▁hit men ▁known ▁as ▁C lean ers ▁from ▁elimin ating ▁both ▁of ▁them . ▁Event ually , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Mon a ' s ▁employ er ▁was ▁Alfred ▁W oden , ▁a ▁U . S . ▁sen ator ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Inner ▁Circle ' s ▁fa ction ▁war ring ▁with ▁the ▁fa ction ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁mob ▁b oss ▁Vladimir ▁Lem . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁she ▁is ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁back ▁by ▁Lem , ▁whom ▁Max ▁k ills . ▁ ▁She ▁dies ▁in ▁Max ' s ▁arms ▁as ▁he ▁kiss es ▁her , ▁but ▁lives ▁on ▁the ▁game ' s ▁hard est ▁difficulty ▁level , ▁" D ead ▁on ▁Ar rival ". ▁ ▁Mon a ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁game play ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Max ▁Pay ne ▁game , ▁but ▁appears ▁only ▁in ▁its