This is like one of those choose your own adventure books of the ’80s, where you can choose the ending. Here are some alternatives.

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney fesses up and pays back Hal the $100.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney apologises and gives Hal his letterbox back.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney denies the claim, and Hal calls the police. The police charge Courtney due to the counterfeit money, and Hal sues for damages. It costs Hal $9200 in court costs and days off work, but the court makes Courtney responsible for the $100, and the judge lets Courtney off on good behaviour.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney denies the claim, and Hal calls the police. The police are corrupt and Courtney bribes them with 10 x $100 bills, and they refuse to help Hal. Hal gets mad and yells at Courtney, and the police claim that Hal is being unreasonable and beat him up and arrest him, where he thereby loses his business due to bad false reports instigated by Courtney, when only Hal, Courtney and the arresting officers know the truth.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney denies the claim, and Hal calls the police. The police are corrupt and Courtney bribes them with 10 x $100 bills, and they refuse to help Hal. Hal gets mad and stalks Courtney and shoots him/her dead, which in turn places Hal behind bars for life.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Courtney is a prostitute who Hal has been seeing on the side for some time now, hiding it from his wife, and Courtney decides to give him a “freebie” to make up for it. Courtney’s going rate was $100 per hour, so Hal spends an hour with her. Hal’s wife divorces him, and takes half of everything he owns.

or;

Hal, after paying Jack the $100, went to see Courtney. Hal doesn’t mention anything to Courtney, but hands her a receipt, which he says she forgot. The receipt was in a white envelope, and coated with a polonium salt. Courtney, her friends and her family all fall very ill, and eventually die to to radiation poisoning, as Courtney was unaware that this was on the receipt, and never washed her hands before eating food, and she had a large luncheon later that afternoon.