Mr. Big (30 page)
Authors: Colleen Lewis,Jennifer Hicks
Commentary written by Jennifer Hicks
I am so saddened that Nelson has gotten out of prison. My life has been turned upside down. Why should he be out and happy while I'm suffering all my life without my precious angels? When they died, I died.
When they were born, I thought I had the world, I knew I had it in the palm of my hand. They were my life. I look at people with their families and it hurts. Why couldn't Nelson be a good father? If he were half the father I was a mother, the girls would still be with me. March 9, 2015, would have been their sixteenth birthday, and I couldn't even give them their daughters' pride rings.
I shouldn't have to go through this. I should be able to enjoy my girls, watch them grow up, go to school, and get married. I wanted to be a grandmother, but that will never happen because of Nelson Hart.
I often find myself down at the gravesite. I've been doing that ever since they passed away. I would give anything to have them walk through my door and say, “Mommy, I'm home.” There are days I go down to where my angels are and it's okay. But more times, I don't want to leave.
Nelson needs to pay for what he did to my girls and me. I won't stop until I get justice.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Flanker Press and Jerry, Garry, and Margo Cranford for their help, professionalism, and dedication.
This book could never have happened without the continued courage from Jennifer Hicks, who so often struggled to relive the most difficult moments a parent could ever imagine.
To Marissa, who went to bed a little earlier each night so Mommy could write, I love you.
About the authors
Colleen Lewis spent her early years in Rocky Harbour and grew up in Deer Lake. She spent several years as a print reporter, and for the past twelve years she has been a video journalist with NTV.
She followed the story of Karen and Krista Hart since the arrest of their father, Nelson Hart, until the summer of 2014, when he was released.
Jennifer Lisa Hicks was born to Gertrude and Cyril Hicks of Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1974. She went to Gill Memorial Academy for a few years before attending elementary school and Lester Pearson High School.
She started working at the Good Luck Restaurant in Valleyfield, Bonavista Bay, until she moved to Gander in 1997, where she began post-secondary education in business administration at the Career Academy. While in Gander, she began working at the Albatross Hotel.
In October 1997, Jennifer met and moved in with Nelson Hart, and soon after that she became a full-time mom. Her daughters, Karen and Krista, were born in March 1999. Jennifer's life was turned upside down in 2002 when she lost the two most important people in her life, her precious daughters.
Today, Jennifer has a fiancé, Myles Gunn. Her life is better now, but it will never be the same without the two daughters she misses dearly.
