She's had several people express doubts and concerns about her decision to marry Aiden (Daniel Cosgrove), but now, Hope (Kristian Alfonso) will be forced to defend herself once again when her son, Shawn (Jason Cook), returns to Salem on Days of Our Lives.

Aiden Takes A Drastic Step In His Deadly Plan

Shawn has come back to town with no advanced notice to his mother he was arriving, and he will immediately take a disliking to Aiden after meeting him and realizing he is the man his mother divorced his father, Bo (Peter Reckell) for. Something about Aiden will make him wary, and as a result he will question his mother about whether or not she is making the right decision.

Naturally, Hope will once again defend her decision and Aiden from the scrutiny-unaware that her son is the latest to sense correctly that something may not be right where Aiden is concerned.

Bo & Steve Are Finally Reunited

What Hope doesn't know is that Aiden's confession about his gambling debts isn't the entire story. She has no idea that his debts were paid off by Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) and Andre (Thaao Penghlis)--who want their money paid back. Behind Hope's back, he has accessed her $5 million life insurance policy and made himself her sole benefactor should something happen to her.

Now, he is planning to take the plan a necessary step further in order to make sure he gets the money-and is planning to become a copycat Necktie Killer so he can escape from the control the DiMeras have over him once and for all.

Days of Our Lives airs Monday-Friday at 1 p.m. on NBC.

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