<prompt> Human: So as a back story, one roommate in the house I just moved into decided to renew his lease, though the other 2 roommates did not. I took one guys room. Because of this, the way the apartment deposit was handled is the new tenant me was to pay the old tenant their deposit back. When I moved in at the beginning of May, I was fully prepared to pay my deposit given the space I was occupying was clean and good to go. The guy who lived here prior to me did not move all his stuff out of the apartment until just recently a month and a half after I moved in. He is just now asking for his deposit back. And unfortunately, I took the money I was going to pay him for his deposit and put it into a CD as I and my roommates did not expect him to ask for it.My question is, Should I be paying him his entire deposit despite him taking a month and a half to move out? And if not, what do I owe him? This whole moving process has been terrible because we had no idea when and if he was coming, and now out of nowhere after we thought he was gone, he is now coming back asking for his deposit.Thanks in advance.  <response>: Um...yes. The deal was you pay him the money so you pay him the money. It was your choice to put it into an investment with an early-withdrawal penalty...a very small penalty in this case. Pay the guy his money like you said you would.What is the actual issue here? 