I sat down with the owners after all this happened because they really liked me and my work. They wanted me to finish the job but didn't want to pay for this last week because the guy I was working for went over their budget and they felt that since he did that without telling them then they shouldn't have to pay for anything. I told them that if they paid me and my helper for the last week I would be happy to finish the project and they said no that they wanted to start fresh and just forget about last week. So I think I would rather cut my loses and move on.
Isn't that how contract work works? Sorry about that, I hope you get your lien.
But yess your friends would be helpful. The problem with these people is that they think they are in the right and there is nothing we can do to get paid.
That's how a lot of people are, it's unfortunate, can you go to the guy who hired you for pay?