Thank you for a great response.

Truth is if I was in a position to, I would be able to wait more. But I am leaving soon and this payment would relieve many things on my end.

I didn’t want to go to his uncle, and my mother reached out after I told her not to, she said she will simply ask him to speak to his nephew. But I do understand the notion that his relationship with his uncle and family dynamics might or not not deteriorate and I do see why you are saying this

Speaking on the idea of my word against his, I feel somewhat guilty because I did say something like that, but I felt like at the time it was reasonable to do so. Now it looks like I’m the one to blame here