Nah, you're right, I completely forgot about the filing for the divorce part. How the fuck did I manage that?
I guess it's interesting to me that if they were so open, no talks, no rumours reached Alice. Isn't she an ex-star in France or something?
And jealous as she was, I'd think she was poking around to learn news of him, even (or especially) if they weren't talking. She was obviously planning to go to France to him.
She says the girls were promised to go, but I'm certain that included her in her mind and the reason it never happened is because she wouldn't let the girls go without her.