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At Lakeland Records, Ben reconnects with Troy, whose humor, comic-book obsession, and musical knowledge help puncture Ben’s stagnation. Through their early-morning banter and the record shop’s vibrant atmosphere, personal discontent and longing for connection surface, setting the stage for unfolding chapter-by-chapter developments.","BREAKING THE RECORD  \nRALEIGH RUEBINS  \nOCEANOFPDF. COM  \nCONTENTS  \nCopyright  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nEpilogue  \nMore from Raleigh Ruebins  \nSocial Media  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, businesses, places, and events are products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.  \nCopyright © 2017 Raleigh Ruebins Cover by Cate Ashwood  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nONE  \nBen  \nBen’s hands tightened around the smooth, worn leather of his steering wheel. His truck shuddered down the long two-lane road, surrounded by grass on either side. Bright light spread over the green hills, thawing out the chill of the morning. A little handwritten sign reading “sweet corn, this way” with an arrow pointing toward a farm would soon be packed up, stowed away for the long winter ahead.  \nThis was what most of Welling, New York was like. It didn’t have a big downtown, but the college was there, which offered something more active and bustling than anywhere else within miles. Welling was disproportionately full of students, professors, and researchers.  \nBen was acutely aware that he no longer fell into any of those categories.  \nWhen he was a student, it had all been easy. Kickbacks, beers, and football.  \nNow it was all aimless.  \nAs he approached town, he held out hope that getting back to some form of civilization would melt away the boring weekend he’d had. Another weekend alone, with more jerk-off sessions than he’d like to admit. The activity of the town was a much-needed distraction, something that the isolation of his house couldn’t provide.  \nA few minutes later he was in the world of streetlights and traffic again, and he pulled his truck into the lot behind Lakeland Records. He paused for a moment before finally removing the keys. The truck trembled to a stop. The Beast, as he called it, probably only has a few years of life left. It had belonged to Ben’s dad in a past life.  \nHe slid out of the driver’s side and walked to the nondescript black door at the back of the record shop.  \nThe key met no resistance, and Ben swung the already unlocked door open into the back office of the shop.  \n“Mornin’, Ben,” a voice came from the front part of the store.“Hey Troy,” Ben called out.“The hell you doing here so early? It was hard enough for me to drag myself out of bed this morning, and you’re usually worse than me.”  \nHe dropped his backpack in the back office and made his way into the main part of the store.  \nLakeland Records was a small, quaint record shop, packed wall-towall with vinyl records, CD’s, even some cassettes, T-shirts, and posters. It was colorful, storied, vibrant—the kind of record shop that was rarely seen anymore, as most people had long since replaced buying physical albums with just streaming music onto their phones. But it felt like the shop had been around forever. Lakeland Records was a second home to Ben.  \nHe saw Troy organizing a recent shipment of albums, behind the long, worn wooden counter that held the cash register. He’d lit a candle up front, and its soft, woodsy smell filled the room, covering up the worn plastic smell of the vinyl. 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