Chapter 3
What nobody sees
What was really going on for you? What were you thinking or feeling that other people didn't know?
In the end, I had to go to the real Government of Canada website to apply for my eTA. It cost CAD $7. I was supposed to fly from JFK to Pearson. I bought another one-way ticket, for $300, from LaGuardia, landing at the other airport, and I got on a tiny little plane. When I landed in Canada, I had no internet. I have Verizon, but it didn’t work, so I had to hunt for public Wi-Fi. I had to get to Markham. The driver told me to take his bus to Union Station. When I got off, I asked him where to go next. The jerk didn’t even remember me, and told me to take the bus right in front of me. It took me back to the airport. Then I took another bus that brought me back to Union Station. Between the fake eTA and the new plane ticket, I had already spent almost $500, and I still hadn’t made it to my hotel, where I had to leave a $150 deposit.
