Dear Bella:

Good to read the progress you have made in the last few months since his leaving.

Regarding the key- I suppose there is a way for you to get into the building without the key he has, there are people capable of breaking a lock and getting in, you can hire a person to do so, no?

It will be a very good thing once you have no reason to contact him, nothing at all you need from him. If I was you  I would arrange things so that I need nothing from him, enter the building without his key (change the lock there so he can’t get in with his key, if this is a concern), place his things in a box or two, send him an email  that he has one week to collect those because otherwise you will throw them away, then do so  if he doesn’t collect them, and be done. There shouldn’t be any ongoing interaction with him.

You have no intention of taking him back, so close all doors to communication with him.

anita