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Well, first off:
A contract is NOT to give the client the upper hand. It's there to make sure a business arrangement is fair to both parties, whilst ensuring that you're protected in the case of things like this, or non-payment or whatever.
From where I sit you only have two options:
1) Offer to do the work and bill for it;
2) Hand the files over, and not bill for them;You can't even try to squeeze money out of anyone for the working files, because you have no contract with an ownership stipulation in it to back it up. It would be your work against the client's.
There are several contract models available online. Google 'graphic design contracts', look at them and then add stuff you think is both fair to the business arrangement, and to you.
As an example, any time I freelance for a client abroad, I always add the stipulation that travel and accommodation costs are absorbed up-front by the client, if I think there might be any travelling involved.