Coronation Street fans will be wondering what's going on with Aaron after a spell of strange behaviour. The new arrival has been dating Summer Spellman but much is still unknown about the character.
His secretive behaviour has been a mystery on the ITV soap lately, with Aaron often having been seen dashing off from certain situations. And, on Wednesday, Summer discovered he'd been attacked.
Summer was tickling him when Aaron flinched. It soon came out that he had been jumped and attacked in the street. As he showed Summer the severe bruising to his stomach and side, she was horrified and urged him to get help.
It certainly looked painful, and Summer advised he saw a doctor at the walk-in clinic, and told him to report it to the police. Aaron got annoyed though and stormed out, telling her she "wasn't listening to him". He later decided to make amends with Summer, heading to her house to speak with her.
Suddenly, Aaron took a phone call and it was clear the person on the other end of the line was being threatening. Aaron seemed scared of whoever it was, and it sounded like he was being controlled.
He said: "Five? I thought you said it was... sorry, okay, I'll come now. No please don't, I'll leave now, right now. Sorry it's my mistake, I just got mixed up."
As Summer walked in, just as whoever it was hung up the phone, Aaron pretended he was calling the police and reporting his attack. Aaron then raced off claiming he had somewhere to be, while he was clearly uncomfortable.
As Corrie viewers watched the scenes unfold, they predicted that something sinister was going on with Aaron, the Mirror reported.
Taking to Twitter, one fan said: "Think his dad is abusing him."
Another tweeted: "I feel like Aaron's being physically abused by his father or something along those lines."
A third added: "I suspect Aaron is being beaten up by his father."
Meanwhile, one worried fan said: "I think he's doing it to himself," which another fan echoed: "Is Aaron hurting himself?"
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Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV and ITV Hub.
