hmm, nice twist, why is he looking for her? hmm….
And you set up the woman to be some crazy person, then make her almost normal… or maybe she likes the way the man looks on her doorstep…

sickly orange spray stuff This describes a girl in my class perfectly.
Anyways, the way the protagonist hypothesizes about the nature of this woman through the shoes tied it in with the prequel really well! And this new, introduced character sounds like he has a story to tell…