I'm not sure the modern TexMex culture I'm familiar with would even use Tessa. (As near as I can tell, she grew up in California but her father sent her to Madrid, either because of her mother's death, or because he thought the environment was unsuitable for a teenaged girl without a mother and he couldn't give her th proper attention-it wasn't clear on when her mother died, or how long the family had been in California, or, come to think of it, even if the 5 years Tessa mentioned was how long she'd been in Madrid, or just how long since she saw her father.)
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I'm not sure the modern TexMex culture I'm familiar with would even use Tessa. (As near as I can tell, she grew up in California but her father sent her to Madrid, either because of her mother's death, or because he thought the environment was unsuitable for a teenaged girl without a mother and he couldn't give her th proper attention-it wasn't clear on when her mother died, or how long the family had been in California, or, come to think of it, even if the 5 years Tessa mentioned was how long she'd been in Madrid, or just how long since she saw her father.)