A word about the timber framer

He is the only person in this whole deal who hasn't overpromised and underdelivered. He started cutting the timbers on good faith that he would be paid in a timely manner, and that didn't happen, and now his small business is stuck with a pile of timbers that haven't been paid for. I gave the GC the money to pay for them, but got only a verbal promise from him at the time that that's where the money would go. Later I paid more because the timber framer was complaining about not being paid, and he said that would go to the timberframing. That was weeks ago, and the poor fellow hasn't gotten a cent as of this writing. My checks have all celared the bank. I talked with the timber framing guy today. It has gotten to the point where he needs the space in his yard, so he's going to deliver and assemble next week. And deal with the GC some more to try to get his money. He feels that I'm an innocent bystander in this because I paid the money for the timbers to the GC, and that's who he has his contract with.