PAST VIDEO SCANDALS
With Cold Head
Bagas car entering Adibrata home garage. At eight o'clock he arrived at his parents' house. Bagas immediately got out of the car and stepped inside the house.
" Where have you been all day, Bagas?!"
When entering the guest room, Adibrata's cold-pitched voice was immediately heard welcoming the arrival of Bagas. Bagas turned his head towards the voice of his Papa, seeing Adibrata sitting on the guest sofa, it seemed like the middle-aged man was deliberately waiting for his son's arrival.
" There was an urgent need just now, Pa." replied Bagas later.
" Papa told you, don't leave the office for anything unimportant!" Adibrata was furious because it seemed Bagas did not comment on his warning yesterday that said if he did not like Bagas left work only for the unclear.
Bagas grunts rudely. His father still treated himself like a teenage boy who had to obey his Papa's commands.
" Goodnight, Pa." Not wanting to argue with Adibrata, Bagas chose to step away from his Papa and climb the stairs.
" Bagas! Papa's not done talking to you!" Adibrata grew furious because Bagas did not respond, just left him just like that.
" It's free for us to talk, if I'm the only one who has to listen to Papa, while Papa won't listen to what Papa's children want!" Bagas stopped his steps without looking. He deliberately raised his voice so that Adibrata heard the words he said firmly.
" What do you mean, Bagas?" Of course Adibrata does not want to be blamed just like that by his son. He felt that what he was doing was right without any rebuttal.
" Bagas, you just got home? Where have you been, Bagas? Since last night, Papa's been looking for you." From the top of the stairs, Angel looks down the stairs.
Bagas looked at the middle-aged woman who still looked ageless and beautiful. According to him, his mother was no different from his Papa, although Angel did not set this up much on Bagas. But her mother was too busy with her own world. It's too important to have fun with her social friends than to bother taking care of her children.
Bagas again walked past Angel without greeting his mother, he rushed towards his room.
" Bagas, Mama asked you! Why are you ignoring Mama!?" Angel snorted rudely because Bagas seemed not to assume his existence.
Bagas went inside the room and immediately locked the door of his room. He did not want his mother to go to chase him into the room and ask him many questions.
Bagas took off his blazer and shirt. After removing all her clothes, she stepped into the bathroom to clean her body.
After the shower, Bagas picked up the phone to contact Indhira. There has not been an hour he separated from Indhira, longing has returned to the heart of the man.
" Who's the phone, who's she talking to?" When the busy tone of Indhira's phone sounded, Bagas became wondering.
Twice, three times to four times he tried to call Indhira's number, the call was still stuck because it seemed like Indhira was still not finished chatting with someone on the phone.
Fifteen minutes later, his phone call was connected to his lover.
" Assalamualaikum, what's up Bagas?" Indhira's soft voice immediately sounded in Bagas' ear as his phone call was lifted by Indhira.
" I miss, Ra." Bagas said what he felt until he contacted Indhira again.
" You didn't return my greetings, Bagas!?"
" Oh yes, Waalaikumsalam .." said Bagas chuckling.
" Get in the habit of saying and returning greetings when calling someone especially those you know very well." Indhira advised Bagas who did not respond to his greeting earlier.
" Yes, sorry, Ra." reply Bagas.
" What are you calling, Bagas?" ask Indhira back.
" I miss, Ra." said Bagas again. He did not know whether Indhira had not heard his words earlier or Indhira deliberately wanted to hear him say the sentence back.
" Have we not been together all day? You haven't been home from here an hour." Indhira felt Bagas too exaggerated to say kangen with himself.
" Geez, Ra. How many hours are we together today? Not twelve hours, Ra. You count, deh. How long have we not met? Twenty-four hours times three hundred and sixty-five days, times eight years. Means over seventy thousand hours we did not meet. Not yet if we meet leap years, the more hours we meet, right?" Bagas intention to count how many hours they go through without their togetherness.
A small laughter sounded in Bagas' ear. It seems that the woman was comforted by his silly words earlier Since meeting again, Bagas only heard Indhira's laughter this time. It was a pity that the woman was not in front of him so she could not see the beauty of Indhira if she was laughing. But suddenly he remembered if he could see Indhira's face with a video call. Finally he turned the call into a video call, because he did not want to miss this moment.
" Why did you change the video call, Bagas?" Indhira's pretty face was immediately visible as the woman answered her video call.
" Because I want to see your beautiful face," said Bagas immediately make a red hue on Indhira's cheeks instantly make up.
" Your face hasn't changed, Ra. Still as cute as ever. If people don't know, they'll assume you're still in high school." Bagas chuckles mellowing Indhira.
" I know why God gave you a youthful face like this. So that I can easily recognize you when we meet again like now," continued Bagas continue to praise Indhira's face which does not change much besides looking more beautiful.
" What if I did, Ra? Has my face changed much?" tanya Bagas wants to know Indhira's opinion about his physique.
" Your body looks taller and bigger. Your face also looks more mature with a sideburn and a thin mustache like that. Like the Fathers." Indhira held back a laugh saying that Bahas looks like the Fathers.
" Look out for you, yeah! Says I'm like the Fathers!" Bagas' eyes glared at the scorn of Indhira.
" But you look more handsome, Bagas." Indhira ended the sneer with praise, making the man develop his smile.
" Oh yeah, who were you talking to? I kept calling her tone busy." asked Bagas, curious about the person who called Indhira.
" Rissa called. Aunt Lidya seemed to immediately inform Rissa of your arrival. And Rissa immediately asked me that." Indhira explained who called him earlier.
" He must be mad at me, right? She must have also disagreed with my desire to be with you. Right so?" Bagas could have guessed that Rissa would ban Indhira from being close to him. Since High School, Rissa has been like a protector for Indhira, certainly will not be easy to get blessing from Rissa especially after the viral video case.
" I've explained to Rissa." Indhira did give understanding to Rissa. Although Rissa still disagrees with Indhira's choice, but Rissa also can not do much, because it concerns Indhira's personal.
" Thank God then. I hope you stick with our stance to stay together, no matter what obstacles we face, Ra!" Bagas hopes Indhira does not change his mind and will stay with him.
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After a long conversation with Indhira, Bagas tried to contact Evelyn. Current time in jakarta shows pu kul 21:30. Estimated current in New York range pu kul 10:30 AM. Bagas wanted to inform Evelyn of her planned visit to America.
" Hello, Evelyn. The day after tomorrow I'm going to New York to meet your father." Bagas mentioned his plan to meet with Nathael to Evelyn.
" You want to talk to my Daddy? What's up?" evelyn asked suspiciously.
" I've met Indhira and she can forgive me, Evelyn." Bagas explains to Evelyn about his meeting with Indhira.
Evelyn's voice resounded in Bagas' ear.
" Does that mean our engagement is over?" lirih Evely Sounded a sad tone from Evelyn's words.
" I'm sorry, Evelyn. I know I was wrong. I have given you hope because I accepted our engagement first. But you know what my true heart is. Do you know whose love this is just for? Before the engagement I had also said that you should not expect more from me. And you said ...."
" Yes, I know. I said no problem you can't love me yet. I'm sure with our togetherness, maybe that love will grow in your heart. But, I really didn't expect if you finally reunited with him, Bagas." Evelyn sobbed.
Guilt instantly crept into Bagas' heart hearing Evelyn's cry. He knew by accident that he had accepted the match with Evelyn, but by force, Bagas was still guilty of giving the woman false hope.
" I know I was wrong, Evelyn. I'm sorry. But I really can't continue our engagement. Indhira needs me more. I have infused him with a very bitter suffering and I am responsible for what I did to him." Bagas hoped Evelyn would understand the reason he was conveying, but he was heavier to Indhira.
" If I had the courage and Papa hadn't restrained me, I might have been responsible to Indhira for a long time." Bagas continued to give understanding to Evelyn.
" Why did you meet my Daddy?" evelyn asked still with her sobs.
" I want to explain to your father. For anyone I should apologize to Om Nathael. Whatever Om Nathael's reaction to my plan was, I was ready to accept it." Bagas said as if ready for battle. He must quickly resolve all the problems that would be a hindrance to his relationship with Indhira.
While in his room, Adibrata tried to contact Dahlan and also Taufan. Because since noon, his men did not also give news about the woman who was with Bagas today came to his office.
" Good night, sir." greet Dahlan as a phone call from Adibrata is picked up by Dahlan.
" Aren't you informed about the woman who was with Bagas, Dahlan?" ask Adibrata.
" I'm sorry, Mr. I just got word about an hour ago. But, I dare not contact Mister, afraid of interrupting Master's rest." Dahlan.
" Hurry up, tell me what you know about that woman!" Adibrata seemed impatient to know who the woman who was with her son today, to make Bagas leave his office and work.
" The woman turned out to be Mas Bagas' schoolmate back in High School, sir."
" School buddy?" Adibrata frowned. Who was Bagas' schoolmate Dahlan meant. Is that woman? That's what immediately crossed Adibrata's mind at this time.
" Right, Sir. He's one of Mas Bagas's high school time friends. The plan is that Mas Bagas classmates at High School want to hold a small reunion. He came to meet Mas Bagas to participate in funding the event they were going to create, sir." Of course Dahlan lied about Bagas' schoolmate's reunion plan. Because of Bagas' threat he was willing to lie to Adibrata.
Not out of fear of Bagas, Dahlan willingly lied to Adibrata. Precisely the most frightening is the punishment of Adibrata if he is caught lying. He might lose his job. Dahlan did this, because he felt sorry to see Bagas who had been living under the pressure of Adibrata. According to him, Bagas was a boy and not a child anymore. Bagas has the right to manage his own life without pressure from anywhere including Adibrata.
" Reunion? Just a matter of reuniting Bagas until he leaves his job?" Adibrata does not believe the reason given by Dahlan about the reunion.
" I'm sorry, Mister. At that time Mr. closed access Mas Bagas interact with his High School friends. Maybe that's why Mas Bagas was so enthusiastic about meeting with Mas Bagas High School friends." Dahlan gave his reasoning which he thought made sense.
" Alright, you keep an eye on Bagas' moves! I don't want Bagas to reconnect with his friends, especially with the woman who was involved in the scandal with Bagas!" Adibrata orders Dahlan to keep an eye on her son.
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This lunch hour Bagas deliberately came to meet with Raffasya. Among the people around Indhira, he thought only Raffasya could be invited to discuss and exchange ideas. And fortunately Raffasya also welcomed the arrival of Bagas to his workplace.
" What are you visiting here, Bagas?" asked Raffasya when he invited Bagas into his room.
" I'm sorry if I disturb Mr. Raffasya's working hours. I came here because I wanted to convey one thing that Indhira did not know, sir." Bagas intends to tell about his plan to go to America.
" What thing?" ask Raffasya full of investigation.
" I'm sorry if I didn't get to tell you the truth about this. Actually, I've been betrothed to my Papa friend's son and we had an engagement."
Bagas saw that Raffasya's facial water instantly changed when he heard that he was engaged.
" I know what I'm doing is wrong, even if I have to. For eight years I waited for a miracle to be able to meet Indhira, in fact I always failed. While my Papa and my Papa friend had made a deal to match me since I was in college, I finally accepted the engagement." Bagas began to tell her what happened to her until the engagement took place.
" What do you mean by all that, Bagas!? You're engaged to another woman and you said you'd marry Indhira?" Raffasya looks furious with Bagas' confession earlier.
" I've spoken to my fiance about my intention to end my engagement, sir. He knows my problem with Indhira. And I have already told him about my desire to be with Indhira. He is willing to part ways as long as I get certainty about my relationship with Indhira. That's why I didn't tell Indhira, because I'm sure Indhira will reject me if I speak the truth, sir." Bagas explained his reason for not saying about his engagement to Evelyn to Indhira.
" Are you unconscious, Bagas!? You've hurt your fiancee! Why did you accept the engagement if you didn't love her?" Raffasya sing Bagas attitude that is not firmly reject the wishes of his parents.
" I know it was my fault. But if I continue my engagement, there is no one happy between the three of us, sir. Because I cannot give happiness to my fiance if I marry him. He will only get all the happiness, while he also deserves true happiness with the man who truly loves him." Bagas was sure there would be men better than him for women as good as Evelyn.
" What's your purpose here?" ask Raffasya back.
" I'm going to New York tomorrow to meet my fiance's parents. Anyway, I still have to apologize to them, because I have to end my engagement with her daughter." To Raffasya, Bagas told him about his goal to go to America tomorrow.
" I told this to Mr. Raffasya, at least I felt a little relieved. Because only Mr. Raffasya can I brainstorm clearly and with a cool head." Bagas said why he felt more comfortable talking to Raffasya, because he considered Raffasya quite wise in thinking and acting compared to other people around Indhira and himself.
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