he shouldnt have to appologise.. hes a kid, some people just blow everything out of the water - such as the miley cyrus pictures (but can find 100x worse ones on a cellphone in middleschool+)
You sound like a really nice person. Why don't you talk to the neighbours about adopting the cat from them. They sound like they don't want him at all
Good luck
I've just had a violation for my answer saying that a joke was very funny. "Neither a question or an answer" they reckoned. Wonder if I'll get one for this.