My Fitness Tracker Counted Steps for Someone Walking Beside Me

Suspense short story: a fitness band counts steps for an unseen walker beside a woman recovering from knee surgery. Hana Ishikawa is walking to rebuild her knee when her fitness band starts counting steps for someone beside her. The second set of footprints in the frost grows stronger every time she pushes on.

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