Originally Posted by Scarlet O'Hara:
“This. I've been there and though the head says "I dodged a bullet", the ego says "he picked HER instead of me?!". Hence her disgust of Chloe, which was almost immediate after she got with Bear.
I don't even think she expected to snag Bear herself...I think she wanted him to want her, to be special to him, to know she's still 'got it'.
And tbf, Bear was playing her quite nicely in that sense. His rejection of Renee that night of the bed invitation was very clever. He almost gave her the impression he wouldn't resist her, and that his emotions would kick in. I bet she felt even more flattered after. So imagine her outrage when all of that flew out the window for Chloe, who she sees as her inferior.”
Originally Posted by Scarlet O'Hara:
“Shes not jealous of who Chloe is, she's jealous of what Chloe's got: which is Bear's attention over her.
I think the fact that Renee ISNT jealous of Chloe in a personal way, and looks down on Chloe, is what's driven Renee so crazy.
I suspect she's also a bit miffed that Bear stole Chloe away in turn. Cos Renee was 'tight' with Chloe when she was just a dumb vulnerable girl, and Renee was mama controlling everything. Now they've got each other and Renee feels irrelevant. And I bet that's the one thing Renee isn't used to feeling.”
Brilliant posts.
Initially, I think Renee wanted to have the bad boy under her wing - she wanted to be the one to sooth and control the grizzly bear and be the one he gave attention to and deferred to. Now she knows Bear, she probably feels totally embarrassed she gave him the time of day. I think her affection for Chloe was genuine, she seemed quite protective of her and wanted to sort her out with some good advice. Chloe admits she broke that trust with Renee and Bear certainly did, not something you get a second chance to do with Renee, it would seem. I think her fury towards Chloe is because she sees her as so far beneath her but she got to have control over Bear. Chloe is really flaunting that and winding Bear up and setting him on Renee, which is adding to her fury.