 Tessa was born on August 28 , 1958 in <unk> , France . When she was seven years old , she fell in love for the first time with then @-@ nineteen @-@ year @-@ old Alan <unk> ( Anthony Head ) . Tessa recalls in " Nowhere To Run " that she was " heartbroken " when he completed his studies and left the country . She remembered that at her first Christmas party in the ballroom of Alan 's house , she " couldn 't believe anything could be so beautiful . " Tessa mentions in " See No Evil " that she was educated at the <unk> in Paris , France . 
