I'm sure he couldn't wait to get the hell out of there. Asshole stepfather, weird brother 20 years younger than him, mom that picked said stepfather, having to travel from California or New York City to some hick town in Virginia, etc.
Chris expecting Cole to move home and take care of their mother is amazing in so many ways; Cole hasn't lived with them for 30 years and hadn't seen them in at least 10; he has never lived in their current house; he has a wife and a job and lives in a city 400 miles away.