Now we eat, said the woman who also missed the ferry

The ferry left Thong Sala pier twenty minutes early and I stood on the boards with my bag, watching it go. A woman next to me, also left behind, said, okay, now we eat. We got fried rice from a cart and sat on the pier steps until the late boat, sharing one fork, because the cart had one. The rice was not that good. I remember every grain. She is probably in another country now. I hope she is eating. I hope the ferry is on time.