What is the falling action in the story ‘‘And of Clay Are We Created’’ by Isabel Allende?

In a work of literature, the falling action can be defined as that part of the plot that takes place right after the climax and just before the very end. In "And of Clay Are We Created" the climax, the moment of maximum tension in the story, is where Rolf shares some of the traumatic details of his past with Azucena, the little girl trapped in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption, whose spirits he tries to keep up during her terrible ordeal. Rolf recalls horrific memories of when he was a young boy and was forced by Russian soldiers to help bury the dead bodies of concentration camp victims. But he cannot bring himself to tell the little girl about any of this; she's simply too young to understand. Instead, he reveals the shocking details of the appalling abuse he suffered at the hands of his father.
After a tearful Rolf tells Azucena of his past, she gently tells him not to cry and that she doesn't hurt anymore. But Rolf's crying for himself. After this highly emotional climax, the falling action takes place. The President arrives on the scene, promising to do all he can to help the little girl. But it's too late. From watching Rolf on live TV, Eva can quite clearly see that he's given up and is resigned to Azucena's fate. And on the night of the third day of her ordeal, surrounded as always by international TV crews, Azucena passes away.