The clatter of the weight plates echoed across the empty gym as Jordan finished his first set of leg curls. Since his work shift ran from the early afternoon and into the evening, he was used to a nearly empty gym, but this was still the first time in a while that no one was here at all.

He sat up and sponged the sweat from his face before adjusting the machine for leg extensions. He was halfway through his set when he heard the gym door open and close followed by the sound of someone setting up at a nearby machine.

As soon as he finished, he sat up...