Scouty and Silver are very shy. When anyone comes to the apartment,
they run and hide. A guy from church came around this afternoon to
talk to John about his computer, and both cats darted under the bed to
hide.  Alas, John's computer is in the bedroom, so that's where John
and Bill were, and Bill's allergic to cats so I had to get her out. I
called the girls out to the livingroom with kitty treats and told them
what good girls they were. Silver hid under the coffee table and Scout
ran behind the chair. But obviously she didn't feel safe enough
there... five seconds later she bolted into the kitchen and pawed at
the kitchen cupboard until it opened. I've got a kitty latch on the
door to keep them out of there so it would only open an inch, but she
was determined to get in, so I opened the door for her. In she bolted
and she didn't come out again, even after Bill left.

In the end I tried to lure her out with more treats but she wasn't
coming, and I got down with a torch and tried to see if I could get
her out myself. No Scout! The Cupboard was empty and she wasn't
anywhere else in  the apartment. Where could she have gone?! We were
very afraid that she'd found a way into the wallspace and she'd be
lost forever... I pulled the stove away from the wall and found that
there's a dead space behind the cupboard in the corner. She had just
enough room to squeeze herself past the edge of the cupboard and into
that space, and she was cowering in the corner. I think she was stuck,
but maybe she was just scared witless. Poor little baby... I'm just
glad that we didn't really lose her!