[Maryjane]

Situations like that are tests. Life lessons if you will.

For the religious, that entire situation could have been god's way of testing to determine if a person can follow his commandments. No stealing, turning the other cheek, giving up material posessions, and so forth. Don't you have to be "christ like" to get into heaven?

For the non religious, the lesson was how to deal with a less than trustworthy person. If you settled for working under the table instead of insisting this person be above board, then you got what you deserved. To be cheated. The moral of the story is, don't compromise your intregrity. Choose to deal with only those you can trust in the future.