Chapter Seventeen

One month later, a new benefit was given to the workers.

It was a health check-up for everyone conducted at the health center. And for the first time, it was mandatory.

A mobile laboratory arrived for lab tests. The Quirozes wanted to make sure that everyone was in good health so if anyone turned out to be otherwise, they could then be treated early.

Urine and stool samples were taken. The stool test became a source of puns for everyone.

It took a few days to finish checking up on all tenants since there were older ones who took their sweet time to visit the center.

But when Arianna received the result of her exams, something caught her attention.

She'd had a pregnancy test? It was a pregnancy test—clear in the wording.

And the result was negative.

She already knew she wasn't pregnant. She got her period in time. In fact, she had been horrified to see the first spots of blood in her underwear because it didn't even occur to her during the whole confusing period since that night that s