 What isn't a reason that Charlie came to visit?
Just one, which I'd sent to Charlie Taggart. I remembered how, as a kid, I'd pestered him in the Long Island Spaceport, tagging after him like a puppy, and how he'd grown to like me until he became father, mother, and buddy all in one to me. Charlie scorned the skin-tight uniforms of the government service and wore a shiny black suit that was a relic of Everson's early-day Moon Patrol. Charlie was muttering under his breath, smoldering like a bomb about to reach critical mass. You kept looking at me until I had to ask: "What are you thinking, Laura?"
 he wanted to convince him to stay on Earth
 he wanted to convince him to stay on Earth  he cared for him like a father  he wanted to celebrate Ben's graduation  he wanted to say goodbye