Travel

So, the man I married is out of town on business. There is tornadic activity in the area, so I was worried and called him early--that, plus the baby had me up really early, and I just wanted to say hello to him. We have been allowing her to cry herself to sleep and it's been hard--I'm feeling a little lonely so I call him--meanwhile, he calls me yesterday to say they cancelled his flight, so of course because he needed to talk to me, I stayed on the phone. After this, I called him periodically to be sure he was on a flight out. Once he no longer needed an ear to bend, every time I called him after that he made me feel like I was intruding--this morning, he didn't pick up his cell at 6:45 and I was worried that he forgot to set an alarm to wake him up.
I left him a message to tell him how the night went with the baby.
I called again to make sure he was up and to see how the weather was, and this is what I got from him,
"Can you let me go?"
Of course I know he meant to the meeting, but thinking about it now, it seemed to have a larger meaning.
Out of sight out of mind--
He called later on and I told him I was busy and I'd call back and then I hung up.

It used to be when I was married to my first husband and things started going badly, I'd take off my wedding ring and not miss it.
I'm starting to feel that way about this ring, too--I took it off to put cream on my hands, and didn't put it back on. This morning, with everything, I didn't notice it was gone.
Why does he have to be such an ass? He told me before he left to call whenever I want--I called twice, didn't speak to him--how long would it have taken to speak to me and touch base?