Also as hard as it is to believe Alan was once Ed's Nephew by Marriage when he was married to Hope. No One Needs Me Anymore, they don't need you to control them, bully them, intimidate them, and lie over and over again like you've done in the past. Your Sister Alex found that the hard way with Lujack leaving her and having every relationship fail.
Rick could have said "Do you realize you're doing to him, what Alan did to you and even Alan Michael, he was my cousin and I was more loyal to you than to him, you have no idea how hard it was for him when you were gone, he got shipped off to Boarding School, he felt he wasn't loved the way Lizzie was, and let's face facts she was the Crown Princess the same way you were The Crown Prince. When I think of the way she treated The Coopers and Jonathan especially with Company it's sickening.
