So here's the short of it, 
The saga of Plato has a happy ending.

And here's the long.

Plato 

Plato, the kidnapped cat, is home safe this evening - with his second family.  We covered the neighborhood with fliers on Saturday and today someone found him and called.  When Joan got there, he was in the family's driveway and he came running to her.

Mom is so grateful that they spent so much time and energy to get him back.  She's decided that instead of sharing Plato with them, that she should let them be the owners and share him with her from time to time.  She knows how attached they've become to him and they really do spoil him.  He has two beds and his own chair at their office.  They brought him by to visit for a bit tonight and promised that she can have visitation rights - they'll bring him by to see her from time to time.

They are going to keep him inside for a few days.  We all think that's such a great idea.  He must be terribly confused right now after being taken to a strange house full of strange people and strange cats and dogs - then two days and nights lost in the woods!  He needs some stressless time to recover!  In addition there's some concern that the woman who took him might try to come get him again. She seems to be quite an unsavory character with quite a long police record.  It's still pretty hard to imagine that someone would really steal a pet!

Hey Plato - welcome home(s) boy!

So here's the short of it, 
Plato is missing...

And here's the long.

 Mom's cat, Plato, has been living a dual life for several years.  He divides his time between her and the small office complex down on Brainerd Road where Joan McNew Flores has her home appraisal business and her husband Attorney, Robin Flores has his office.

At Mom's he's pretty much an outdoor cat. He likes to sit on the outside window sill while Mom works in the kitchen.  He also likes to sit up on the shed roof out back.  But he also loves to go down the road and help out with home appraising and lawyering.  I've heard that he has his own chair and his very own bed.

While Mom was gone to Destin, he stayed full time down at his "other house.

Yesterday Joan called to say that he hadn't been to see them for several days - and he hadn't been at Mom's either.  So she started a big search for him - scouring the street between them and Mom.

The story continues...

Today they learned that a woman who had been fired from the office next door to Joan and Robin had decided that she needed to take him with her as she left.  So he's been in Varnell, GA since Tuesday - in a home where there are two pitt bulls on short chains in the front yard.

Robin went down and accompanied by deputies, went to reclaim Plato. (They call him Greybeard).  They got him, but as they were walking to the car, he became frightened of the dogs and got away, running into a wooded area.

Joan's daughter has been down there this afternoon - she's set a trap and gone door to door.  Tomorrow they are going to keep trying.  Mom is worried about him.  This afternoon she told me "I'll bet he's awfully scared".  I'm worried about him too!

I sure hope that this story has a happy ending for Plato, Mom, and his other family.