But now Aaron’s mum Chas Dingle [Lucy Pargeter] and ex-boyfriend Paddy Kirk [Dominic Brunt] know, are they in danger?
After what happened to Katie, following her catching Robert kissing Aaron, we wouldn’t put anything past him…
Teasing the storyline, Emmerdale’s producer Kate Oates told Digital Spy: “I think the important thing to remember is that Robert has gone to extreme lengths to protect his secret.
“Now more people know about the secret, as Paddy knows and Chas knows. That puts Robert in a slightly dangerous situation, but possibly it also puts people who are close to Aaron and know the truth in a slightly dangerous situation as well.”
When Katie refused to delete the snap of Robert and Aaron she planned to show to Robert’s wife-to-be Chrissie, he got violent and pushed her to her death. Maybe now he’ll find it easier to kill again…
Kate continued: “We all know from soap deaths that it’s a slippery slope – once you’ve done one, you might as well do some more! I think that Aaron may have inadvertently put people in the firing line, but that will be a longer arc.”
Manipulative Robert told Aaron an edited version of how Katie died, resulting in Aaron helping to clear the scene while Robert went ahead and married Chrissie.
While Aaron has undoubtedly fallen hard for Robert, Kate added: “I think what will be interesting to see is how long Aaron can cope with being Robert’s bit on the side. We saw before Katie died that it was rapidly becoming not enough for him and that will have to get to a pressure point as some time soon.”
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