MJ was used to being told she looked like a model, but her smile was a little withered. She was thirty-two and past her prime. She was in a transition period where she wasn't yet old enough to sell age-defying makeup for a living but too old to do standard print ads, commercials, and runway work. Quite honestly, apart from a few people who liked her personally, she was almost constantly out of work. She wished she was a better actress. She got plays here and there but most people underestimated her as an actress ... and those who didn't underestimate her overestimated her.
"You used to... well, geesh, you should be working here. I consume cappuccinos, I don't make them. I can't get the machine to work at home, though my sister was nice enough to get me one to feed my habit..."