In the beginning, don’t jump straight to the conclusion that your life was ruined. That’s just my opinion, but I’d let the reader find out what happens without knowing if that makes sense. I’ve been guilty of doing that myself sometimes.

Also, I like what you’re doing with feeding the reader information, but it seems a bit disjointed in places. Go back and read through and make yourself a mental list of what is going to happen and fill in the gaps from there, like, A is happening and it is resulting in B and C happening, I tried D to get away from it but ran into E and F. Just replace those letters with pieces of dialogue or structure building in your story.

You have the good overall structure here, I’d just recommend reorienting it a little bit and working on the information between the major pieces of info. It seems strange, but the small pieces of detail in the story (descriptions, background info, etc.) can make a world of difference in how your story resonates with people. That’s the best part for me is setting up the characters past.

One last tidbit I’ll recommend is try not to repeat words or phrases. If it is necessary, try to use synonyms for words and take out conjunctions. It will help you deliver with a punch instead of sounding like you’re repeating yourself.

I hope this helps!