Okay... let’s say the psychic is right. Alice is in a piece of furniture. That leaves little options in your house. It is either the couch, love seat, fluffy chairs. Flip the darn things over and look for a small hole big enough for Alice to get into. Many of our pieces of fluffy furniture have the lining on the bottom missing a staple or two. Perhaps if his “nice, peaceful world” is turned upside down... he’ll leave. Or, if you put your hand in (he won’t bite it, will he? then you could feel him. Did you check behind the fridge, washer and dryer? Use a flashlight and check as well as you can inside the coils.
Okay... I am going to be the rude, insensitive Freeper who asks this so please don’t get mad. I am doing this as an outsider looking in, okay?! Let me first say that many (not all) husbands want to protect their wives. They do so in ways that we can’t completely understand. Is it POSSIBLE (notice the big word POSSIBLE) that your hubby found Alice deceased and to protect you from sadness, he removed him and allowed you to think he is missing. To be missing, gives the hope that he is okay dokey and just out in nature. If this question offends you, let me apologize. The reason I ask this question is I know of one close friend... her husband did this when her cat died. He had the best, most loving intention of not coming forth with the truth. It is complicated but he truly is a great guy and his mindset was to protect her from grief. Hugs, Mom (if you are still taking my hugs?!)
Nah.
Not a chance.
He’ll always tell me the truth, even if I don’t want to hear it.
He understands that I’d much prefer to -know- the snake is dead versus the emotional hell of -not- knowing anything at all.
Besides his innate bluntness, he wouldn’t put up with him dragging furniture or me knocking out the drywall if he knew he could end all that by telling me the snake was for sure not coming back.
Bizarrely, I’m the one with no hope and he’s the one who’s ‘sure Alice will show up when he’s good and ready’.
I’ve looked in/on/under/around/inside everything I can access but I’m not a thin, squishy snake so there’s lots of places left that he could get in that I can’t.