so... In the maze at the end of part1, chapter1. The... Evil woman always finds me on the path I take. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

if you look to the mimic twitter info sections and find the mazes info, you can find the first maze (the one at the end of chapter 1 part 1) after a bit of scrolling, and from there if you dont want to do the risky strat, you can use the map to reroute through the maze.

The location of the monsters when you enter the maze is completely random but restricted to a few sections, going the fastest route is easily possible but you have to rely on luck for her not to interrupt you.