Chapter 5: The Father
"Fathers name is Ken Hawk. He lives at 40 22nd St." Cragen handed Olivia and Elliot his file.
"OK. We're on it," Benson told their boss and they left the station.
"Munch, Fin, you take the janitors file and go get everything you can out of him! His name is Martin Saber," Cragen told Munch and Fin.
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Elliot banged on Mr. Hawk's door, "Mr. Hawk! It's Detectives Stabler and Benson, open up."
His wife opened up the door.
"Samantha…" Olivia looked at the ladies drained face, "Is your husband home?"
Samantha nodded and waved them inside, "Ken?" she called.
"What!" Ken yelled from a bedroom.
"Some people are here to speak to you," Samantha yelled back.
A bulky man who hadn't saved in days appeared into the living room. He had on what looked like dirty clothes and smelled like cigarettes.
"Mr. Hawk, I'm Detective Stabler this is my partner Detective Benson," Elliot informed.
Ken stared at Amy and a wave of fear washed over her.
"This is our apprentice," Elliot noticed Ken's stare.
"What's this about?" Ken asked.
"Mr. Hawk, where were you Friday night?" Olivia questioned.
"At a bar. It was poker night, I was with some buddies," Ken shrugged.
"Are you aware of what happened to you daughter that night?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. Man, I'm gonna get the bastard who did this! How SICK!" anger flooded Ken.
"And what are your buddies names?" Elliot pulled out a notebook and pen.
"Tom Barratt and Peter Jose. Anything else?" Ken looked irritated.
"Yeah. What bar where you at?" Olivia asked.
"The Coyotes," Ken sighed.
"And what time did you get back at?" Elliot looked at Ken.
Ken glared at them, "I don't remember. I was a little wasted. I came home and crashed."
"Mrs. Hawk where were you that night," Olivia asked gently.
Samantha's voice cracked, "I was at work when I got the phone call from the hospital…I went over right away. You don't think me or Ken did this?"
"We need to gather as much information as possible. It's procedure," Olivia smiled.
A thousand thoughts were racing through Amy's brain. She was just as suspicious of these people as her mentors were.
"All right. Well, thank you for your time. We'll be in touch," Olivia nodded and they walked down to the car.
"You'd think he would be more difficult," Amy thought out loud.
"Well, he's hiding something be we don't have any reason to suspect it yet. We have to be careful or he'll get a lawyer." Elliot opened the car door and got in the front.
"You get bet he will we let him know we're suspicious of him," Olivia got in the passenger's side.
Amy hopped in the back seat and they drove back to the station.
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They entered the squad room and saw Casey leaving Cragen's office.
Casey walked over to them, "How did it go?"
"They were helpful," Elliot said.
"Yeah, they gave us as much info as they could," Olivia sat down at her desk, "Oh, this is Amy. Our apprentice."
"I know. Cragen discussed it with me," Casey smiled at Amy, "Nice to meet you!"
Amy nodded and Casey returned to her office.
Olivia noticed a new desk at the end of hers and Elliot's. Their desks faced each other's and this one was at the side of the two, the front attached to the side of theirs.
"That's Amy's," Cragen said as he walked over to them.
Amy sat down at the desk. There were notebooks, pencils pens, paper and a computer at her desk.
"Thank you!" Amy thanked Cragen.
"Oh, I have this. It's an apprentice license. It identifies that you're part of SVU and Olivia and Elliot are your mentors. It's like your badge," Cragen handed Amy a thin wallet.
Amy opened it up and a plastic card was sealed inside. It had her name and personal information on. It also stated her rights at the Special Victims Unit. Amy smiled back at Cragen.
"How are the driving lessons coming along?" Cragen asked them.
"She's a natural," Elliot grinned sitting down at his desk.
"There's a gym downstairs. They're rock climbing down there too. Olivia will go with you later tonight," Cragen said.
Olivia nodded.
"What did Mr. Hawk have to say?" Cragen changed the subject.
"He practically gave us all the info like he was trying to get rid of it," Olivia smirked.
"He was clearly hang-over material," Elliot stated.
"There were two other guys with him. A Tom Barratt and Peter Jose. I'll get their MO's now," Olivia said typing on her computer.
"Yeah, and he gave us the name of the bar he was at. The Coyotes," Elliot said.
"Hey, I go there too. I actually know the bar tender. Her name is Keisha Lee's. Go and talk to her," Cragen told them.
Just then Munch and Fin walked through the door.
"Mr. Saber told us some interesting stuff," Fin told announced.
Elliot, Olivia, Cragen and Amy looked up.
"Mr. Saber got into a cat fight with Mr. Hawk because he was spitting alcohol at Felicia! Felicia was with Mr. Hawk and two other men. One said to be an under aged drinker," John tore of his coat and sat in his chair.
"We can get this guy for alcohol abuse one way or another," Elliot said.
"Yeah, Mr. Saber also said they were smashing beer bottles right in front of Felicia!" Fin was disgusted.
"Get Mr. Hawk and his buddies down here at once," Cragen ordered.
