Wait for Me in Vienna

by May, Lana N.

  “Your new young man is welcome here any time,” Karl interrupted, tears welling up and glistening in his eyes, as he reached over to touch Johanna’s hand. “Thomas would have wanted you to be happy.”

  “And we want you to be happy,” said Henriette as she patted Johanna’s hand.

  “Mama, Mama!” Sophie called out excitedly as she ran toward Johanna with a tiny baby hedgehog in hand, her grandparents looking on adoringly. “Look what I found.”

  “Oh, how sweet!” Johanna said as she petted the little animal’s tummy. “What should we call him?”

  “How about Mr. Quillhead?” lisped Sophie, a broad smile spreading across her face, her ebony eyes sparkling.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Austrian author Lana N. May has already enjoyed several career paths in her life, working as a waitress, a receptionist, a study-program tutor, and a teacher. She has also worked as a tour guide and has a master’s degree in tourism management. Her great passion—writing novels—began as a child, when she devoured books and retold stories. It was also then that she started to write, and she still loves to develop characters and storylines that help the reader escape into a different world. May lives in Vienna.

  ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

  Besides being a literary translator, Terry Laster is a musician, singer, and former music teacher who sang, studied, and worked in Germany for many years. Terry is also a writer, currently working on her long-overdue historical novel. She lives in Glendale, California, with her youngest son and her tiny Chihuahua.