CHAPTER 63 KLAUD “Are you fvcking kidding me? Why can’t we enter the place? This is freaking shiit!” Mia’s outburst of profanity made other people turn their heads in our direction. It also alerted the other guards in the airport. I was afraid that we would end up in the administration office real soon. We didn’t know the exact time of Elik’s departure. We didn't know if he had boarded his plane or was still at the boarding area or had not arrived yet in the airport. We needed to check and confirm inside. But—the guards wouldn’t let us in. Mia was agitated because we could always buy tickets at the counter, if necessary, just so we could enter the airport facility. They allowed such practice but that was prior CoVID. The new airport policy mandated ticket purchases through online bo