[mattchew]

I'm reminded of the scene in Cryptonomicon where Doug Shaftoe lectures the guys about bullshit landing on their heads. Translated into your current situation:

"My goodness, this guy is attempting to screw you!"

You seem to think that getting a stock agreement means that you have "won". I don't think so. It just means that the guy has to start looking for a different way to screw you.

You are dealing with a bad person. If you try to interact with him on good faith, you are likely to lose one way or another. All the time you're writing code, he'll be thinking about ways to screw you over. Maybe that will be a clever loophole in the contract, or maybe it will be easiest to frame you for embezzlement and send you to prison.

My opinion, your first priority should be getting out. If you can do this and get paid also, great. You have leverage because of the investor, maybe you can sell out all your interest for cash today (with the help of your lawyer). If you can't get paid, get out anyway.

Good luck.