If Braddock family is the main focus than damn put Braddock family on the cover and sell it as Braddock family book with Betsy as main character.
Reply again. He is a wallpaper in it or written only on pages to be called an idiot or imbicile. Howard can`t write him and don`t want to. She has no plans for him and is just trolling fans. 25 issues of Excalibur already showed it.
It is not a focus problem. It is just a very bad writing.