sudden and dramatic change

to change suddenly and dramatically

life / Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.

one night / a certain night; one night

one night / a certain night; one night / all night

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

view of life

(colloquial) current boyfriend