Absolve – to remit
"Hey, Roy!" Wally called out as he jogged down the hospital corridor towards the 21 year old.
"What?" Roy asked distractedly as he continued to drill holes through the entrance of the operating room with his eyes. Jade was currently inside, getting a caesarean section.
"You know how back when you were 16 we were playing cards and you bet your future unborn child's first name?"
Roy froze, and his eyes widened. He had been thinking about it a lot, ever since he found out that Jade was pregnant. He had hoped that Wally had forgotten.
"I'll take it by your reaction that you haven't."
"Wally, that was years ago…" Roy hedged.
Wally shook his head, "Let me finish. I've been giving it a lot of thought. At first I was going to be incredibly evil, and make you name your kid something ridiculous. Then I decided, why not have you name her after me? But I quickly nixed that."
"Wally—
"Just hold up a sec, Roy. I'm almost done. I've decided to absolve you of your debt."
Roy blinked, and blinked again. "Just like that?"
"Just like that."
"…Thanks, I guess," he said uneasily. It was unlike Wally to just give something like this up.
"Cool! Now, I have something else to tell you. You know how you loaned me your car last week?"
"Yes…" The uneasy feeling went on max alert.
"It's in the bottom of the river. Got to go, bye!"
With that, Wally sped out of there like hell-hounds were after him.
Roy face-palmed. He'd kill Wally later. At least he didn't have to name Lian something weird now. Let him amend that: at least Jade wasn't going to have to gut him and put his head on a pike now.
A doctor emerged from the room.
"Would you like to meet your daughter?"
Roy smiled, and happily entered the room.