"It figures you don't know. She never liked to talk about it, and you guys are her friends. The only reason Logan and I know about it is because we were there the day after." Barek said. Cabot, Benson and Novak, who recently walked in, stared at Barek blankly. "Let me elaborate". Barek said. "About 5 years ago, Eames had a boyfriend. Apparently, they got into a heated argument, and he hit her. Well, slapped her. She threw him out that night. The next day she came into the squadroom, and she had a bruise on the left side of her face. She shrugged off our questions about what happened. When Deakins called her into his office however, she opened up. She told him everything about what happened the night before. I guess Logan and I weren't the only ones who overheard. Gor..."
At this point Logan cut her off. "I want to tell the rest of the story." he said. "Anyway, Goren overheard too. When Eames walked out of Deakins' office, Goren started asking her questions about the guy. You know, where he lived, where he worked, stuff like that. She asked him if he was on his meds. We didn't know it at the time, but he lied and said he was on his meds. Eames knew his was lying and didn't want him to do anything drastic, so she said he moved. Goren, however, looked at Eames' e-mail on her computer at work, and found the guy's address. So…"
This time, Barek cut Logan off. "Alright, Mr. Storyteller, my turn." Barek said. "So, Goren followed the guy into his apartment building and told him he was a cop. He also told him the he was a colleague of Eames. Anyway, heated words were exchanged, mostly about Eames, and, Goren, uh to put it lightly, smacked his head into the wall." Barek said. "Damn" Cabot said, "Did he press charges?" "He was going to, but Eames talked him out of it. He's since been living in Scottsdale, Arizona." Barek finished. "Wow, now I understand why she wouldn't list Goren as her emergency contact. One bad incident and he can get unglued." Novak said.