Quarantined in a Castle

Katrina was born into a rich family. She was a pretty, beautiful and sweet girl. Her body was quite delicate as she was born very early. She was cared for very well. When her mother’s disease took a big toll on her when Katrina was very young, she was at the verge of death and had to eat at least 10 types of medicine. Two months later, the medicine did not work and eventually she died.

Her father fell into deep depression and could not bear it anymore so he decided to put her up for adoption. He did not even pay the fees and could not afford the house. He got retrenched from his job which was well-paying. As a matter of fact, he could not even afford a meal at any hawker centre. He sold the house and the car, in order to afford his needs, at the time.

Luckily, an elegant looking lady had a liking toward Katrina as she was pretty. The lady’s family was also rich, like her biological family. She decided to take Katrina home when she was older, like when she was 6. The orphanage was still taking care of her while the family was considering. Katrina was not religious, and was born into a family with no religion, and she was not interested.

The lady decided to take her in, with the condition that she stayed isolated till she was 18. Only during meals and exhibitions will she leave the room while the rest of the family enjoyed life outdoors everyday, and she treated Katrina like she was a maiden in rich clothes. She got her first phone, which was a IPhone 11 Max Pro. It could take perfect pictures and edit them with the latest software in a computer, which Mrs. Inrea decided to buy for her too.

Mrs. Inrea was pretty evil too, at times. She once robbed all of Katrina’s belongings, excluding the phone and the computer. The books, the spare food, the teddy bear that reminded her of Mother, even the last things that remained precious to her, like the pendant. Not fun, she thought. When she was able to get one breath, she was relieved that she was not isolated forever. In the end , she returned it all when her husband told her to.

There was also once, she took a bag of peanuts and passed it to her as a snack. She told her that it was ‘freshly picked’ from the garden. She appreciated the deed. However, when Katrina ate one peanut, she passed out on the ground. “Are you okay?” She asked with a little “concern” and a little evil grin on her face. She woke up with nothing in her mind. The doctors told her she just had a severe allergy reaction. She also had an anaphylactic shock. Katrina overheard it and had gone a little crazy. She only remembered she had packed a bag and it was on her back the whole time. It was still on her back, thank goodness.

She took the phone out and took selfies and posted it on Instagram. Katrina met Prince Vincento and started following him, and he followed her. She always posted some pictures of going to a beach, a luxury hotel or places of beholding nature. The pictures were also very ladylike. They started chatting and eventually met up in a Zoom meeting. They chatted as if they were on a real date.

Katrina stayed optimistic every day as she waited for the day of release to come. The day arrived and she was allowed to leave for good. That day she took her belongings and left to find a job. By the time she was released, she started 2 businesses, which was what to fall back on when in times of need. She eventually found a job as a writer and started writing. Never did she regret any part of her life. Till this day, she still lives her life optimistically.

“Optimism is the key to life and do not regret life’s bad decisions by you; live life to the fullest.” She says, to motivate herself and the world.

Ever since, she has been living a good life, with a child and a dog.