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      	  B: The Final Chapter 
 by Dee Gilles	

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 Benny & Ray 143 Finale Dee Gilles Rated PG

 July 4 2007 Provincetown, Massachusetts

 So they had all gathered there, on the golden sands on a bluff,
overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 

 Paul Vecchio stood by his brother's side as best man. Francesca Fischer
stood by Benton Fraser's side as his matron of honor.

 Sophia was there, quietly weeping with joy. Maria was there, and Tony,
and Little Paul, and Raphy, and David. So were Stanley and Stella
Kowalski, and Maggie and Avery Bennett. 

 As were the blessings and well-wishes of many, many, many friends and
family who could not make the journey to the eastern shore. 

 Little Carolina bore her fathers wedding rings. 

 And on that day, the sun glowing over the water, Ben promised:

 I, Robert Benton Fraser, take you, Raymond Mario Vecchio, to be my
partner, loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know. I
eagerly anticipate the chance to grow together, getting to know the man
you will become, and falling in love a little more every day. I promise to
love and cherish you through whatever life may bring us.

 Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you. For
where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will
be my people, and your God will be my God. And where you die, I will die
and there I will be buried. May the Lord do with me and more if anything
but death parts you from me.

 And his partner in all things, choked with tears, responded: 

 I, Raymond Mario Vecchio, take you, Robert Benton Fraser, to be my
friend, my lover, a father to my children and my husband. I will be yours
in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness and in times
of health, in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times of failure and
in times of triumph. I promise to cherish and respect you, to care and
protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay with you, for all
eternity.

 Today, I join my life to yours, not merely as your husband, but as your
friend, your lover, and your confidant. Let me be the shoulder you lean
on, the rock on which you rest, the companion of your life. With you I
will walk my path from this day forward.

 And so it was. 

 Amen.

 FINIS

  
  

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