Mrs Lee, who had believed Chloe had died in a road accident, said she was overjoyed to be able to have her back at her home in Caerphilly.
She said: "It was a real shock but lovely news to hear that Chloe had been found and was alive and well after so many years.
"Chloe had jumped from the pet carrier in the car park and we never saw her again.
"I put up posters and placed adverts and shortly after got a call to say a cat matching her description had been found dead by the roadside.
"I was devastated but came to terms with her death. Unbeknown to me at the time, it seems she had wandered as a stray before eventually finding an elderly lady who had taken her in."
