It always bugs me when characters don’t state the obvious. Like Aiden telling Hope “it’s not what you think” instead of “It wasn’t me; the guy who tried to kill you was an imposter!”
I agree with most that this SL is a ship that long ago sailed and maybe IF Aiden had indeed been a noble, honorable guy instead of a easily manipulated wimp I’d think differently but not interested now. I’m tired of Andre as well even though we’ve seen little of him. We need fresh material here and a period put on the Dimeras.
Just tell her you stupid SOB. Just say, "Hope, it wasn’t me, it was an imposter that Andre hired. Give me five minutes to explain before you haul me off." But, nooooo, that’d be way to simple.