Stowaway

So yesterday evening was an eventful strange one.  I had a Junior League meeting to go to last night but a little time to spare after work before the meeting began. So I decided to go home for a bit, grab a snack and feed the cats.  I walk in the door and I see Parker sitting on the sofa, and then all of a sudden this strange unfamiliar cat comes walking out of my bedroom!?! I'm stunned and in shock. I quickly pick up the cat and call for Lync because he hadn't come out yet. Thankfully he came walking out of the bedroom soon after.  I look from Parker to Lync and ask them .... who is this little fella??? And how in the world did he get in?!? All cats seemed to ignore my demand for an answer!  (A little background on this kitty, I have seen him hanging around the apartments the last couple days in the evenings.  He looks very pretty and taken care of so I figured he belonged to on one of the residences.) 
What is amazing about this situation is when I brought Lync home as a friend for Parker, Parker hated him.  Parker was the spoiled only child type.  So Parker was not happy with Lync the new cat and was mean to him.  Now I'm looking at all 3 cats thinking how did they all get along?
So I take the stoaway cat outside and let him loose. Poor little thing just kept following me around and everytime I would go to my door he would run to me wanting in.  I didn't know what to do ... and I'm such a softy, I hated leaving him out there. (No I didn't let him in my home and join my family. I don't want to be known as the cat lady! haha) I went to the apartment office and asked the gal if she has seen him around and maybe knew who he belongs to and if someone that works at the apartments would have gone inside and maybe let the cat in.  She gave a no, and no.  So I walked out and saw a couple petting him and watching him and I asked if he belongs to them.  Aparently this couple lives upstairs from me and has seen his kitty around all week. They have been trying to leave food out for him but he ... or she won't eat. And they told me that the cat is declawed.  Oh now my heart is starting to crack a little, this poor little kitty can't stay out here - he belongs in a home. No one wanted to call the Humane Society because right now they are over flowing with homeless cats.  Thankfully, this couple took charge and put the kitty in a kennel was going to call Simply Cats, a no kill no cage cat shelter.  I hope this cat either finds it's original home or finds a new one. I didn't see him out last night so I'm assuming the couple upstairs has him and his trying to help him out.
And as for how he got in? I'm still in awe.  The only thing I can think is that he must have ran in when I walked out to go to work.  I know cats can be fast sometimes but I'm not quite sure how I missed that one!  Guess I need to start being extra careful whenI leave my apartment so I don't get any more stowaways!
Here is a picture of Stowaway. So cute and super friendly!