Short Story By Viviana Owen

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Viviana Owen bought a nanny cam to keep an eye on her eight-month-old. Just five days later, she was grateful she did. KRON reports the mother was horrified when the camera captured her husband's close friend, Anthony Sembrano, dangling her her baby upside down by his feet. Owen was shocked when she watched the family friend hanging her child in the air. The mother said: “I was so upset, I was angry and hurt.” Owen and her husband invited Sembrano and his wife, who watched the baby, to live with them when the couple faced money problems, never expecting someone they knew would hurt their son. But the frightening video proved her wrong. Now Owen is left with unanswered questions. She explained: "What keeps going through my mind: so what

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