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and so was little Jack.
    Unexpectedly, there was a loud knock at the door. No, it was more like someone banging on it hard as they could. A voice yelled in a commanding tone, “Mi-young, kapshida!”
    Startled, she grabbed my arm. I asked, “Who the hell is that?”
    “Kang. He very bad man.”
    “Is he your boyfriend?”
    “No. Kang want me go with him.”
    He kept banging on the door while loudly yelling at the top of his lungs. I could sense that Mi-young was afraid of him. After several minutes, I had enough of the banging. It was two in the morning and I was in no mood to put up with any shit.
    I put on my brass knuckles, which are really made of aluminum, and went to the door. Mi-young curled into a ball on the couch. I looked at her. “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of this jerk.” Taking a deep breath, I carefully thought how to handle this situation.
    Unlocking the door, I turned the knob and swiftly pulled it open. Standing there was a skinny little Korean, about six inches shorter than me. He didn’t look too happy. Alongside of him, stood two men, and behind him were two more.
    I didn’t expect to be totally outnumbered five to one. I decided to be the aggressor and throw the first punch. The little shit was in my face, screaming something in Korean. I didn’t understand a word he said, but I knew it wasn’t good.
    I shifted my feet as he tried to push me aside to enter the room, but he couldn’t budge me. I gave him a hard shove, pushing him back about two feet. Then he yelled and jumped forward at me, I quickly moved my right foot back for support and balance. I let loose with a straight-hard punch to his jaw, with the brass knuckle in my right fist.
    Hearing the crack, I knew instantly that his jaw was broken. He dropped to the floor, in the doorway, like a limp noodle with blood oozing out of his mouth. He was out like a light. It was a thing of beauty.
    The man on his left lunged at me so I hit him, knocking him out in one punch. He fell on top of the mighty Kang with blood squirting out of his right eye. I think I knocked his eyeball out. The remaining men grabbed their buddies and pulled them back into the middle of the hall, while shouting Korean curse words at me.
    I shouted back, “Fuck you, assholes,” as I slammed the door shut, locking it. I went to the bedroom door, joining my room to Lee’s. Opening my side of the door, I banged on Lee’s door shouting, “Lee, we got trouble!”
    “Just minute!” he shouted.
    Opening the door, while still buckling his pants, he asked, “What’s all the noise?”
    “KY, five men just came to my door and tried to get in. One of them named Kang, wanted Mi-young to leave with him.”
    “So, what did you do?”
    “I knocked him and another guy out,” I said, while holding up my brass knuckles.
    Lee walked over to Mi-young. “Who is Kang?”
    “Kang, gang boss,” Mi-young said.
    “How many men does he have?” I asked.
    “Maybe thirty.”
    Lee looked at me and I looked at him. Lee said, “Time for us to leave Gumi.”
    Since the only weapon we had were my brass knuckles, I said, “Yeah, I agree. Sooner or later they’ll break in here.”
    The pounding on the door started up again.
    Lee asked, “How do we get to the car if they’re in the hallway?”
    Since we were on the first floor, I pointed to the window. Our room was next to the road that leads in and out of the hotel parking lot.
    I said, “You stay here. I’ll sneak to the parking lot and get the car.”
    Mi-young said, “We come too. Kang angry, he beat us.”
    “Mi-young, we are going to Seoul.”
    “Seoul ok. Mi-young family there.”
    KY said, “Jack, we need to bring them along. There’s no telling what will happen to them.”
    I climbed out the hotel window and retrieved the car, picking up Lee and the girls. I thought we were in the clear as we reached the end of the long driveway. Just as we were pulling away, making a right turn, I saw headlights in the rearview