Sphinx, you touch on a good point here, we never know what kind of hardship a person may be enduring. Having been in the Randall community for so long, it's hard to imagine this being the outcome Rick would hope for.
Anyway, whatever the problem is, hopefully he will get with everyone involved and and give some sort of answer, like "Ive had a rough time lately, I'll make it right sooner or later", etc. Randall people are almost always good people, hopefully he'll get everything sorted out and work toward making everything right with everyone involved.