I've just read chapter 9 so there's still a lot to go, but in the light of recent events in past chapters that's a pretty good thing. I'm sorry to hear that you lost your job, but I'm still in high school for another year and can only encourage you with the fact that you're still young, I hope that helped.
But I was wondering, since you obviously put some time and effort in this writing, is it just your hobby or did your job have something to do with writing?