"Yeah, actually. I was thinking I might head back that way soon. Got a few days off coming starting tomorrow." He picked at the ugly pattern on the motel bed quilt. "You think it'd be too desperate sounding to say I could be there by tomorrow afternoon?"

Truthfully, if he pushed it, he could probably be there in a few hours, but as wiped out as he was, he figured he'd better give himself a few hours of sleep first.