CHEVY CENTER CONSOLE WON T OPEN NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

My latch broke, but fortunately, the breakage stopped it from latching in the slightest degree. I did get yourself a replacement latch assembly for it within the supplier, but it was stupid expensive.i do not know however how to fix this even though. right now i can't even open it because it isn't releasing in the slightest degree. my issue is if i