<prompt> Human: Background: Jack, Jessica and I are college friends and shared an apartment for a year jointly signed. The apartment complex is managed by a company and they only accept banks auto-payment. Each tenant pay directly to the landlord. Jessica moved out at the end of our first year of lease, no trouble. Jack and I both wanted to stay in the same apartment so we renewed our lease, and we agreed to share the remaining rent from Jessica until we find a third roommate which Jack said his friend would like to move in potentially in August, I am ok with it. Our new lease started from June and will last for a year. Anyway, Jack jumped on a plane and headed home for vacation for two months Jack is from another country, his initial plan was to come back in mid June. Fast forward to June, our new lease just started, Jack causally mentioned to me over text that he found a new job in his hometown and decided to not come back to live in the apartment. He said he would pay his part of rent until August which I did not agree but didnt say anything at that time and asked me to take care of his belongings. As a friend I did packed his stuff carefully and helped him to move or send some of his stuff to him. I found someone whod move in in August but my rent would go up by 200 also. Not that I cannot handle, but I am not happy with the whole situation. I guess Jack was just lazy enough to left his money in his bank account while he is in oversea because he did pay all the rent until I called the management office to stop his auto-payment in September. So basically he paid his portion from June to September . Over the past few months, Jack has hint that he wants his September rent back. He still owe me some petite expenses from when we were living together but whenever I mentioned it or when he wants me to mail or store his stuff he would say he has paid extra from september already and I should deduct the money from there. Last month he text me again said I owe him money and ask for his rent back about 600. I have not reply him. To be honest, the amount isnt a problem to me, but I am pissed at his attitude, at the same time I want to keep things in good terms. I guess my question is: do I owe him anything? How should I handle Jack?tl;dr: Roommate walked out on lease in the first month, left all his belongings, paid what he thinks he should, ask for money back when hes too lazy to cancel payment. ---EDIT: The new roommate that moved in in august is sharing part of the rent with me different split tho and will pay directly to me, not the managerEDIT: I know legally Jack is obligated to pay for the whole year, but we have the shared liability thing so the moment Jack stops paying I will be in trouble too. The manager made it clear since day one that she does NOT care what the situation would be or whoever is paying, rent must be paid on time. Plus now I have got a new roommate sharing my rent and after Jack complains about keep on paying, as a courtesy AND precaution, I cancelled Jacks autopayment and shift his portion to mine I now pay the whole thing. I should mention that I dont intend to ask Jack to pay for the rest of the year. Its stupid enough for me to let him off the hook so easily, but then things are settled for my part at least now. I guess I am upset because I didnt expect him to come after me after all these.  <response>: Dont give him a cent, in my opinion. If he would rather up and leave than cancel his own auto payments, let alone his belongings which it sounds like he didnt want to bother sending, I figure youre due that money in compensation. Whats he going to do? Fly to your country and beat you up? 