'I don't understand him at all…' Chloe thought as she went downstairs. 'One time he can be nice and even generous, then he could be mean, cruel, and snapped at the smallest movement.'
Of course, Chloe was still scared of him. He was basically a more violent version of Vincent. Vincent was a piece of shit, but he never actually snapped at her.
He would always be condescending, though, playing down all Chloe's hard work, and insulting her daily, even nitpicking at the smallest thing just to get the chance to ridicule her until she got extremely depressed and had no self-worth anymore.
On the other hand, Vernon was not condescending but had violent streaks and terrible mood swings.
'They're brothers, after all. So they're basically two evils.'
'But picking the lesser of two evils is difficult… I don't think I want to end up with any of them….'