[ Special Victims Unit
Squad Room
Monday, July 5th ]

"-so Olivia took the girl to the nearest hospital to get a rape kit run and have her looked over." Elliot finished, falling silent while the squad absorbed the information on the newest case.

Cragen was the first to speak. "Have you looked into this Amos Baker yet?" He glanced over at Fin who was sitting in front of a computer.

"Yeah, just pulled up his file."

"What've we got on him?"

"Marijuana possession with intent to sell and a case of sexual assault." Fin raised an eyebrow at the last charge. "Sounds like he could've maybe graduated to something a little more advanced."

Cragen nodded. "Okay. You and Munch go talk to him. Elliot, give the girl's father a call and talk to him, tell him what happened. I'm going to give CSU a heads up and have them to go check out the girl's home."

Fin wrote down the boy's address and then followed Munch out the squad room door while Elliot picked up his phone to call the number Eve had given him. Elliot dialed the number and it rung twice before it was picked up. "Hello?" a gruff man's voice growled.

"Hello, I'm Detective Elliot Stabler with the NYPD. Am I speaking to Richard Jordan?"

"No, man. You got the wrong number." The man on the other end hung up.

Elliot hung up the phone after a moment and then picked it up again, redialing the number in case he had misdialed it before. "Hello?" It was the man from before and he sounded very irate.

"Sorry," Elliot said quickly, "I was trying to see if I misdialed the number."

The man replied with an insincere "no problem" and then hung up.

Elliot put the phone down on its receiver and stared at it for a long moment, a perplexed expression on his face. Cragen looked out from his office. "That was a short conversation. Is he on his way to the hospital?"

"No, Cap'n," Elliot looked at Cragen, "It was a wrong number. I tried it twice, in case I had misdialed it the first time but it's not him unless he's lying, but he's got no motive to."

"Kid must be desperate for her dad not to know." Cragen shook his head. "Call Benson and have her get the girl to tell us a real number. We've got to inform her parents." The Captain disappeared back into his office.

Elliot nodded and picked up the phone again, quickly dialing his partner's number. He waited while the phone rang but Benson didn't answer. Elliot left a quick message on her machine and then hung up. He stood up from his desk and walked over to Cragen's door. "She didn't answer but since the hospital's not too far away, I'm going to run down there to see if everything's okay."

Cragen nodded, chewing on a Red Vine absentmindedly. "I'll put someone on the finding the girl's father."

"Right." Elliot turned and left the squad room, picking up his jacket on his way. As he was exiting the station, he nearly collided with Olivia who was just entering. "Whoa! What's up?" she asked.

"The girl gave us a fake number for her dad. I tried calling your cell. Why didn't you answer it?" Elliot tried his best not to sound accusatory but the question still came out a little harsher than he would have liked.

Olivia looked at him quizzically. "What? I didn't get your call." She pulled her cellphone out of her pocket and checked it. She snapped the cellphone shut and exclaimed in frustration, "Damn! It died on me!"

"Is Eve still at the hospital?"

"She should be." Olivia was already walking to the car and Elliot hurried after her. She tossed him the keys and he opened the door, sliding into the comfortable driver's seat after some readjustment to the seat's angle and position.

They arrived at the hospital in less than ten minutes and the two detectives hurried into the facility. Olivia looked around and saw the nurse she had left Eve with. She walked up to the woman. "Excuse me. The girl I left with you, Eve Jordan, where is she now?"

"Oh, we finished with her just a little bit ago and she left. Her brother came to get her," the nurse answered.

"Her brother? What'd he look like?" Elliot asked.

"Oh, he was a good half foot taller than her, brown hair, and he was wearing a yellow baseball cap.

"Did she mention his name?"

"Yeah, she called him 'Amos.'"

"Amos?" Olivia raised an eyebrow, looking at Elliot who also had an expression of surprise on his face.

"Yeah, is that all you need to know? I've got other things that I have to do…" she trailed off.

"Yes, thank you." The nurse walked off and Olivia turned to Elliot. "So why would Eve lie about Amos being her brother?"

Elliot shrugged and the two detectives turned and exited the building. "Well, the hospital's more inclined to release patients to relatives than friends and Eve seemed like a smart kid. She probably figured that out and played her cards accordingly."

"She's lied twice so far. This isn't looking good." Olivia sighed. "Doesn't she realize this isn't going to make us want to trust her story? Who knows what else she could've lied about?"

Elliot's cellphone rang and he quickly answered it while shooting his partner a sympathetic look. "Elliot… uh huh… hang on… okay…" He pulled a notepad and pen from his pocket and scribbled something down. "Thanks." He closed the phone, ending the connection. He opened the door to the car and grinned triumphantly at Olivia. "Well, despite Eve's attempts to stop us from contacting her father, we've got his location. Cap'n wants us to go talk to him."