She meets her mother.

As Liz was walking home, a car pulled up next to her and honked its horn. She looked over and saw her mother, Susan, asking her to get in the car. She remembered that she hadn't thought about how she was going to hide her changes from her mother, or how she was going to explain them, but her mother so far didn't seem to have noticed a thing.

Susan looked extremely young for her age, so much so that when placed side by side Liz and her mother were commonly mistaken for sisters as they looked the same age. As usual, Susan wore a blouse with a high collar, which covered her entire neck.

As she got into the car, Liz's mother said that she was able to finish her work faster than expected today, so she was able to leave early.

The rest of the way Liz tried to decide what to do if her mother noticed the changes in her, she didn't know whether to hide it from her or tell her the truth.