texts: Lainey, you know Simone and I don't have a real relationship. </s> <s> I know but Mom doesn't.  Maybe if it came from Simone, if Simone spoke to Mom -- she could straighten things out.  Dinner, maybe. </s> <s> Dinner?  Dinner's difficult.  A phone call?
labels: Too impersonal.  They have to meet face-to-face.