"I hear you had a date tonight." Munch stated never once looking up from the disgusting pictures he was looking through. He needed something to distract himself slightly before he lost his dinner at the thoughts of what had happened to this little girl.
"Yeah" Olivia responded tossing a picture to the side "Even had theater tickets."
"To what?" Munch asked after a moment as if his brain just registered what she had said.
"Spam a lot." Olivia answered wishing he would stop with the questions but understood why it was needed. If she was honest with herself she needed the minute distraction herself.
"I hear its funny" He answered hearing footsteps and seeing Fin walking up the stairs "Detective Tutuola come and pollute your soul with some child porn my friend."
"Any luck with the phone company?" Olivia asked silently praying that what they needed was finally discovered.
"No" Fin answered feeling the same defeat that Olivia's face was showing "Anything here?"
"Not yet" Olivia sighed as she went back to searching through the photos. After eight years in SVU it still amazed her how others could mistreat children.
After a few moments Munch had pointed out a cup that was in one of the pictures. Using the magnifying glass that Munch was using she was able to make out the letters Fel. It was then that they realized that the little girl had read the cup. That was why the little girl thought her food came from there. Fin informed them that across the street from where that burger place stood was an electronics store.
In no time at all they were in front of Dwyer Electronics which looked as if they had been closed up for a while. Fin asked if she wanted to get a warrant even though they knew they had no grounds. Luckily Olivia knew there were no grounds so she nixed that idea to his relief. Frustrated Olivia walked around and chanced a look at the crowd that was forming. That was when she noticed the guy in the cream colored BMW pull a pair of silver framed glasses out of a blue glasses case before pulling out.
"Police stop the car" Olivia ordered as she jumped in front of the car with her weapon drawn.
The car stopped and before she could come around to the driver side Fin and cold cocked the guy through the window and pulled the guy out. Taking his wallet out and looking at his driver license he discovered his name was Richard Dwyer, the same name as the electronic store. A quick search of the guy's car showed no evidence of the little girl. Fin was about to suggest using the keys the man had when Olivia broke the window of the electronics store.
A quick search lead them to a basement that was just like the pictures Montreal had sent them. Olivia had ordered Fin to bring, Richard Dwyer, down to where she was. Olivia questioned him as to why he was on this side of town when he lived a good hour away. His slight hesitation on his answer as to why he was there sent Olivia lunging at him and secretly wanting to beat the answer out of him. She was holding him on the bed fighting the urge within her when he suddenly demanded to speak to a lawyer.
"I want my lawyer" he said in one of the creepiest voices she had ever heard. Not to mention the look in his eyes told her he knew his way around the law and was biding time.
As bad as she wanted this bastard she was not willing to let him go on a technically violation. She was leaning against the table when she noticed the dirt on his shoe. With Fin's help she was able to remove the shoe. Informing him that once the lab could analyze the debris they would know where he buried Maria. She knew without a doubt that Maria would be dead then but they would at least have him off the street. Richard had shot off the bed at Olivia but she was quicker than him and elbowed him in the nose causing him to fall back onto the floor. Fin looked at the debris on the table and noticed that there were charred remains in the dirt. He reminded her that the lot where Felipe's burgers once stood had charred beams in it. There was no doubt in their mind she was buried in the empty lot.
They left Dwyer with the uniformed cop and took off to the lot. Two police cars busted through the wooden fence and they began to search the lot. Fin noticed the disturbed area and everyone began to use whatever they could get their hands on to dig. They came across a plastic bag that had all the outfits the low life scum had used in the video. Tossing the bag to the side they dug a little further when they found the little girl who was not breathing.
"Stay with me come on Maria." Olivia pleaded as she performed CPR. After a few cycles of CPR Maria began coughing and gasping for air. The sweetest sound she had ever heard was the sound of Maria saying her name when she opened her eyes and looked at her. Olivia continued to sooth her with tears in her eyes. Somehow, somewhere, the lord above answered her prayer and helped this little one survive long enough for her to find her.
"SVU portable to central" Fin said into the radio pulling Olivia from her thoughts.
"Go ahead Fin" Cragen answered back almost scared of what his detective would inform him.
"Capt we have her." He said finally allowing a small smile cross his face "She's alive we're taking her to Mercy to have her checked out."
"Keep me posted" He ordered over the air waves as relief flooded his voice.
"Will do." He answered as he shoved the radio back in his pocket.
"You drive" Olivia ordered as she picked the little girl up and carried her to the car unwilling to let her go after all she had endured.