The elusive deposit: The final chapter?

In the last chapter, I wrote about filling out the stop payment form, having it notarized, and sending it to the management company. Here's the rest of the story...

Two days later, I got a call from the management company. The manager told me that she got my form and forwarded it on to the bank branch manager for processing. That's good. But later that day, she also got my security deposit check returned from the post office. That's sort of good.

Of course it would work out like that. It's all well and good that they managed to return the check, but they managed to return the check right after I signed an affidavit swearing that if I received the said check, I wouldn't cash it. So I asked her to call the bank and straighten it out and I picked up the check later that day.

The manager wasn't in when I picked up the check, so I couldn't confirm that the dispute had been closed. The following day I was too busy to call her. So finally, today, I got the chance to call and confirm that she spoke with the bank manager, the dispute is closed, the stop payment has been ripped up, and I'm free to deposit my check.

So tonight I'm going to deposit and begin the waiting process. I'm not going to believe this whole ordeal is over with until the check clears the bank.