Just Pass Me By

Otis was missing all day yesterday, I heard him meowing through out the day but could not find him. I checked his closet that he often goes through but it was nice and tightly shut. My husband had lift for work already, so I really didn’t worry a whole lot. I could tell Otis was somewhere in the apartment but couldn’t find him. I was figuring he just hiding in one of our closets in the bedroom, and will come out when he wants to.
I looked for him in the office, and under his two chairs he like hiding in. I looked in my bathroom still couldn’t find him. I quickly looked in my closet, and didn’t see him but figure he was hiding behind my wedding dress which he often does. I wasn’t to worried and just figured he was looking for attention because that was his meow sound. It wasn’t the help me type of meow. Otis has a loud meow, almost like having a Bose home theater in my apartment when he wants to be heard.
Well I lift to go met my husband, have dinner and then go to service. I wasn’t worried about Otis, figure when we got home he would be at the door waiting our arrival. We got home around 10pm last night and no cat at the door. This is unusual for Otis, well my husband and I came in and started situating ourselves for the night. I heard Otis meow again, so I called him and put fresh food knowing that normally will get him out of his hiding place, he just kept meowing.
Now I am like I hear him meowing but don’t see him. My husband didn’t realize where Otis was when he in the morning for work. I walked over to the closet thinking well, he gotta be somewhere where it wouldn’t be easy for him to get out. I open the closet door in the hall way, sure enough the cat was laying on top of my clean towels. Which is no where near to the door knob in the closet and Otis isn’t a small cat that could fit himself between the shelves and the door. So poor cat was trapped in the closet from when my husband closed that door. He didn’t look in the closet because he said it was dark when he closed the door. So seems like one of us opened it didn’t latch the door all the way, and hubby didn’t think about turning on a light to make sure Otis wasn’t in the Closet. My husband did feel bad about the cat being in the closet all day. I feel a little guilty but maybe the cat will learn a lesson of I don’t belong in the linen closet.