How was she to know that Carmen had stood at the back door that night? That she'd seen her father's face slowly consumed by licking flames and tiptoed back into the house? In fifteen years, Carmen would board a plane to Miami, and Dolores would never see her again. She would think it was politics that had divided her from her firstborn daughter.
ok this is a cool twist but why state the last sentence explicitly, and in such a matter-of-fact way (without any new detail or color)? it kinda ruins the vibes