Neither of them would have described Ben’s behavior that way to Cam Taylor’s daughter. Lindsay was distraught over her parents’ deaths. She was misinterpreting what she’d heard. Rachel’s impulse was to defend Ben, but she didn’t want to start a pointless argument. Letting Lindsay’s statements go unanswered, she lifted one of the kittens to the table. “Six degrees of separation,” Lindsay said. “I beg your pardon?” Rachel focused on the kitten, delivering the tiny amount of vaccine through a fine needle before the animal realized a protest was called for. “Good boy,” she murmured. “You know what they say, that any two people in the world can be connected in six steps. But in our case, it’s even less. My grandparents lived in McLean when my grandfather was in the Senate, so my mom spent most of her time there when she was growing up. She came to Mason County as a VISTA with Karen Hernandez. Karen left Mason County, and a few years later she was living in McLean.
