Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

When signing my lease, the landlord had informed me (verbally) that overnight guest were welcome at the house. After signing the lease back in April, I had texted my landlord requesting for a copy of the lease but received no response back. When I had seen him again to pick up the key later that night, he said it'd be no problem to get me a copy of the lease, but still to this day he hasn't provided me a copy. Now, where that becomes a concern is he is telling me that there may be a fine on my part for having my boyfriend visit me a few days. He says it was stated on the contract that I was not allowed to have guests stay over. However, while my boyfriend's stay, both times, my landlord was at the house almost everyday for hours, even had conversations with him and expressed no concern about the situation until this past Monday when he brought up having to report hmy boyfriend's visit to his lawyer. He came to visit May 21st and stayed until May 28th the first time, and the second time he stayed from June 4th until June 9th. On June 10th, this past Tuesday, I received a text from my landlord (after I had seen him in person at the house an hour prior to his text) asking me the total number of days he was here. He tried to say he was here for 15 days but after doing the math, he was only here a total of 12 days, and responded with saying that he will tell his lawyer it was 13. What should I do? I still do not have a copy of the contract and although I am planning to ask for it again, how will I know if the original contract was tampered with? What should I do?

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