Why has Max always feared his father in chapter 16?

Max's father, Killer Kane, is a scary fellow. He's been in jail for killing Max's mother, but in chapter sixteen after getting out he comes to Max in the middle of the night. Max tells us that he has feared his father getting out of jail and coming for him:

"Somehow I always knew this would happen, that he would come for me, in the middle of the night, that I would wake up to find him there, filling the room, and that I'd feel empty."

Max is also afraid that his father will hurt Grim and Gram. Max says "making noise is the last thing I want to do" because he knows if he makes noise then his grandparents will wake up, and if they come down to his room they will try to stop Killer Kane and likely end up getting hurt themselves.
The title of this chapter, "A Chip off the Old Block," suggests another fear of Max's. Killer Kane uses this phrase to say that Max looks just like his father. But Max does not want to be like his father. Max may have his father's size, but that does not mean Max is exactly like his father.