Everyone in porn knew Hwang was a drunk but only a few knew he also did cocaine. The drinking took the edge off the coke jitters.
Hwang and Haley enabled each others drug addictions.
Volt Hwang was leaving King City (just south of Monterey), possibly headed to San Francisco (where there’s a big Korean community) to start a new life. His car (not the missing rental car) broke down. He got on a bus. He checked into the Economy Inn (15080 Monterey Road) in Morgan Hill (95037, 30 minutes south of San Jose) and checked out of life.