hicks never met her father. at aged sixteen, she traced his whereabouts through the british high commission, with whom he was stationed on singapore during hicks' conception. married with children from his new arrangement, and likely keeping his past muffled from his new family, hicks' father returned word via fax to her that he wanted nothing to do with her. despite hicks' superficial joking whenever publicly questioned about it, her father's rejection of her remained deeply hurtful to hicks throughout her life.