Painting Images With Light
The Part 37
Walking slowly, Bagio read one by one the signboards, which were there and attached to each door of the treatment room, on the second floor of the hospital.
Bagio searches for the name of the room, which corresponds to what Hana wrote in a WhatsApp message, until he finally finds it, and immediately enters the treatment room.
On the hospital bed, Dirga was lying down, with an infusion hose attached to the back of one of her hands.
Apparently, Dirga was still unconscious, or maybe she was sleeping.
There was no Andi in the Dirga treatment room, as Bagio glanced in all directions, combing through all the areas in the room.
But there's someone else there.
The person that was unfamiliar to Bagio, who was sitting on a chair while staring at Bagio, with a look of astonishment.
Bagio walked over to the man, and the man immediately stood up from his seat, as Bagio stretched out one hand to shake his hand.
Without seeming to hesitate, the person then shook Bagio's hand.
"Hi! ... My name is Bagio! ... I'm Dirga's friend at Dorm!" said Bagio, who greeted and introduced himself first.
"Ooh ...! So you helped Dirga last night? ... I'm manager. My name is Ben."
The man named Ben, seemed to put on a calm face, after Bagio introduced himself.
"Please sit down!" The person shifted slightly, as if giving Bagio a chance, in order to take the empty seat.
"Thank you! Because of your help, so that Dirga can be helped quickly," said Ben, when Bagio had sat down, and he also sat in a chair next to Bagio.
"Not a problem. It just so happened that I suddenly thought about her condition, so I went to check on her in her room" said Bagio.
"What do doctors say about Dirga's current state?" continue Bagio.
"Hm ... He said, his condition is starting to improve. Dirga had woken up for a while" replied Ben.
There were still questions that occurred to Bagio's head, and it felt like Bagio couldn't help but ask Ben.
"Can I know? What the hell happened to him? Yesterday morning, I asked, but he wouldn't answer....
... He said, he'll tell me later. But because I worked all day, I forgot to see him again" said Bagio.
"Work accident," said Ben.
Bagio was confused to hear the answer from Ben, until Bagio looked at him closely, hoping that Ben would explain, without Bagio needing to ask again.
"In yesterday's fashion show, there was chaos backstage. Dirga fell, and maybe he was trampled by the people there....
... I also don't know how it really happened. That's all I heard, because I was outside at the time" Ben continued.
From what Bagio could see, it seemed, from the look on his face, Ben seemed to deeply regret what had happened to Dirga.
But more interesting for Bagio, is the accident experienced by Dirga.
How can it be, until Dirga can be trampled by others?
How does it work where Dirga works, so that there can be such a bad event?
To the extent that Dirga was quite badly injured on his face.
Were the people who stepped on it, unaware of Dirga's whereabouts at their feet?
Then....
"Aren't you taken to the hospital?" ask Bagio, saying what he was thinking.
"I've taken him to the doctor, but the examination is done in a hurry, because Dirga does not complain about other parts of his body that are sick....
... Therefore, Dirga only examined and treated wounds on the face only....
... So it was not discovered, if he also suffered internal injuries, in the chest and stomach. Until the end, so this is how it is now" replied Ben.
Ben is then seen looking at Dirga, with his eyebrows that seem almost adrift to each other, to form deep folds on his forehead.
... I really didn't expect it to be bad enough" Ben continued, with his voice shaking, as if he was holding back a cry, or he was feeling very frustrated.
"If this is the case, is there any responsibility from the organizer of the fashion show?" ask Bagio curious.
"They just gave him a little money, along with his apology....
... The amount of money is nothing at all, when compared to the losses experienced by Dirga," replied Ben.
"But nothing can be done. And inevitably, it can only be left alone," continued Ben, then seemed to harden his jaw.
Bagio still does not understand much about the workings in the world of modeling. So Bagio could not say anything, to respond to Ben's words just now.
Bagio could only listen to it, without being able to comment much.
Bagio then took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly.
"I'm sorry, that may be asking too many questions ... But what about the Dirga family? Do they know how he is?" ask Bagio, be careful.
Bagio was also curious, because Dirga was only guarded by his manager, without anyone else or family members with him.
"Dirga's parents I told you this morning. But they live abroad. Maybe tomorrow morning, his parents will be here" Ben replied.
Bagio then looked at Dirga, whose face although still looks pale, but his bruised scar seemed to have begun to diminish.
Imagine what it feels like Dirga's thin body is flattened, then trampled by people, able to make the hair of Kuduk Bagio so bristled, standing upright.
Bagio never imagined, if the work becomes a model, has the risk of such work.
While thinking, Bagio squeezed his clenched hand, and at that moment it was realized that the plastic bag containing the fruit, still held in his left hand.
"Eh! Ben! ... I almost forgot. This was entrusted by Hana, my manager," said Bagio, handing over the plastic bag to Ben.
"Ooh ... So you're working with Hana?" asked Ben, while receiving a plastic bag from Bagio's hand, and continued to say, saying,
"Thank you ... Sorry, for bothering you."
"It's okay. No need to think too much," said Bagio.
"How long have you been at Madam Sally's agency?" ask Ben.
"just now. Not yet two months" said Bagio.
"really?"
After expressing his surprise, Ben looked at Dirga for a moment, before he looked back at Bagio, then asked again.
"That means you've just met Dirga?"
Bagio nodded his head. "More or less like that. I met him, on the first day I lived in Dorm."
"Have you ever shot a commercial or been offered a movie?" ask Ben.
"Yet" answered Bagio.
"Hana was just trying to work on it, so I could be casting for a commercial shoot. Although he is also still in doubt, because I have not learned much from Miss Zetty," continued Bagio.
Ben looked like a confused person while staring at Bagio, and he also seemed to wait for further explanation from Bagio.
"I've really just jumped into the modeling world. A month ago, I was in quarantine. And only a few days later, I started working" said Bagio.
Ben then seemed to understand. "Ooh...!"
***
Bagio continued to talk briefly with Ben, about work, before finally Bagio felt that the night was getting late.
Bagio had to return to Dorm, because he still had to take time to exercise, before he rested.
And so, Bagio immediately said goodbye to Ben, and left the hospital.
