I hope Mystic will make it home soon. Like lots of other folks have said, don't give up, because cats move in mysterious ways.

My RB girl Keke once got out through a hole that I didn't know about in the laundry room floor. She spent the next 10 days in the crawlspace under the house. I kept trying to coax her out, but she wouldn't come near me. I was heartbroken.

Then one day I heard a meow in the laundry room, and when I opened the door, Keke sauntered out and rubbed against my legs like nothing had ever happened. She was with me for 13 years after that and never tried to get outside again.