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Ultimately, the Echolls family self-destructs when one of Aaron's sexual conquests, after seeing in the arms of yet another woman, stabs Aaron at a Christmas party, leading to the exposure of his chronic infidelity.

His wife Lynn takes her revenge by leaking stories of Aaron's other affairs in order to further damage his public image and, when Aaron confronts her, vows to divorce him.

When Aaron retaliates by threatening to use all of his resources to destroy Lynn's life if she leaves him, Logan sticks up for his mother and angrily tells Aaron that if he says another word to her, he will kill him.

Lynn says she can't deal with her life the way it is anymore and drives to the Coronado Bridge, where her car is found abandoned ; thus, the community assumes she jumped to her death, though her body is never found ( most likely due to the fact that creator Rob Thomas wanted to leave the door open to bring the character back ).

Logan refuses to believe that his mother is dead, convinced she has only skipped town, so he hires Veronica to track her down.

However, video footage shot by a freshman at their school shows what looks like someone jumping off the bridge at the time Lynn supposedly did so.

Logan still refuses to believe it, and his hope is lifted when Veronica tells him his mother's credit cards are being used.

It turns out that Trina is the one who's been using them, and Logan is heartbroken over this.

With all hope of his mother being alive gone, Logan starts sobbing and falls to his knees as he cries on Veronica's shoulder while she hugs him.