Why doesn't await work in a function?

Question

JavaScript

Hello! Please tell me why await does not work in a function and how to fix it.
Sometimes stopNext is executed later than search.
I read something about promises, but I have no idea how to do it.

module.exports = async function (bot, message) {
    if(message.user.partner) await stopNext(bot, message);
    await search(bot, message, message.user.prevSearchType, false);
}