It took some time for Valerie to take off her disguise. She'd been training for weeks on this. She had to guess the right time to sneak back into her rented house. She had to make sure no one noticed when she came. She had to be sure no one would catch her. For that she needed to observe the surroundings, and also know the schedule of Raphael and some of her neighbors. If Valerie could successfully pull this off for a week, Maxwell says she's ready.
Valerie refolded Celia's clothes, placing them with the rest of her clothes. She then removed her hair dye with a special liquid. Bringing back shiny silver hair that easily amazes others. She was back to being Valerie, it's just that her heart was still broken. She didn't want to conclude anything, but hearing that Raphael wanted to leave her — reminded Valerie of Raphael's changed attitude recently.
