Bugs and Suggestions

public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    protected MockDB cbdc;
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    public ViewModelBase()
    {
        cbdc = new MockDB();
    }
    protected void RaisePropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null) =>
        PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
public class MockDB
{
    private Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> conversations;
    public List<Contact> Contacts { get; private set; }

    public MockDB()
    {
        Contacts = CreateContacts();
        conversations = CreateConversations(Contacts);
    }

    public List<Conversation> GetConversations(Contact c) =>
        conversations[c];

    private List<Contact> CreateContacts()
    {
        return new List<Contact>()
        {
            new Contact("Jim"),
            new Contact("Bob"),
            new Contact("Mary")
        };
    }

    private Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> CreateConversations(List<Contact> contacts)
    {
        Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> conversationMap = new Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>>();
        foreach (Contact c in contacts)
            conversationMap.Add(c, CreateConversationList(c));
        return conversationMap;
    }
    private List<Conversation> CreateConversationList(Contact contact)
    {
        return new List<Conversation>()
        {
            new Conversation($"Hi {contact.Name}!"),
            new Conversation("Pleasant day today.")
        };
    }
}

public class Contact
{
    public string Name { get; private set; }

    public Contact(string contactName)
    {
        Name = contactName;
    }
}

public class Conversation
{
    public string Title { get; private set; }

    public Conversation(string conversationText)
    {
        Title = conversationText;
    }
}

public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    protected MockDB cbdc;
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public ViewModelBase()
    {
        cbdc = new MockDB();
    }

    protected void RaisePropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null) =>
        PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}

public class MockDB
{
    private Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> conversations;
    public List<Contact> Contacts { get; private set; }

    public MockDB()
    {
        Contacts = CreateContacts();
        conversations = CreateConversations(Contacts);
    }

    public List<Conversation> GetConversations(Contact c) =>
        conversations[c];

    private List<Contact> CreateContacts()
    {
        return new List<Contact>()
        {
            new Contact("Jim"),
            new Contact("Bob"),
            new Contact("Mary")
        };
    }

    private Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> CreateConversations(List<Contact> contacts)
    {
        Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>> conversationMap = new Dictionary<Contact, List<Conversation>>();
        foreach (Contact c in contacts)
            conversationMap.Add(c, CreateConversationList(c));
        return conversationMap;
    }
    private List<Conversation> CreateConversationList(Contact contact)
    {
        return new List<Conversation>()
        {
            new Conversation($"Hi {contact.Name}!"),
            new Conversation("Pleasant day today.")
        };
    }
}

public class Contact
{
    public string Name { get; private set; }

    public Contact(string contactName)
    {
        Name = contactName;
    }
}

public class Conversation
{
    public string Title { get; private set; }

    public Conversation(string conversationText)
    {
        Title = conversationText;
    }
}