Christmas in Emmerdale is usually the kind where everyone tries to act okay and raise a glass in the Woolpack.

But this year, just as the holiday spirit was rising, Robron plunged the entire village into a state of red alert.

Robert Sugden calmly disappeared on December 25th, leaving no clear message, no sign of anything reassuring for Aaron.

Initially, Aaron tried to think of it simply as Robert being angry and wanting to distance himself, but an unsettling feeling surged within him like a siren.

And when Robert didn’t return, Aaron switched to survival mode: searching, calling, questioning everyone, finding everyone suspicious.

The terrifying thing was that Robron had been living with the feeling of being targeted beforehand. Small, chilling incidents kept happening, as if someone was trying to corner them. A tree fire just outside Mill Cottage drives Aaron mad, while Robert becomes incredibly tense, the kind of person who knows they’re being watched but doesn’t know who’s behind it. Aaron suspects Ross Barton at times, as Ross is the type who always gets into trouble and has an easily disliked vibe.

But then the truth hits him hard: Ross has an alibi. And when the name of the “culprit” is crossed out, Aaron panics even more, because if it wasn’t Ross, then who was it? Someone from the village? A stranger? Or an old story coming back to demand a debt?

On December 25th, Robert leaves in a state of turmoil, leaving Aaron in a suffocating void. Aaron tries to remain calm for the holiday, but the more he tries, the more his fear intensifies. He rushes to Woolpack to ask for news, running through every corner of the village as if a minute’s delay would mean losing him.