It just hit me: your tale "Stupid Vegas Trip", when the, literally, idiot activist judge (who approved *his* grasp on the law anyway by the way?) basically forces Emma and Gina to "wed", they COULD'VE sort of just mutually agreed to walk out; they may well hate eachother at that time, but I DOUBT they'd want to violate eachother via a marriage that's frankly forced!
Oh, and regarding Gina; in analysis; she *is* also reflected in some ways in Moses' adoptive stepmom, in the film "The prince of Egypt", Henry's backstory is VERY eerily similar to Moses therein: basically born in PRISON, adopted into the Extreme upper class of their "tribal society", and also (arguably) sort of reignites his new mom's willingness to live, or so Gina seems to have that stance about the young man.
Though, in this other land they wound up moving to: there're definite elements running around that really do diametrically oppose the whole stance set, even extinguishing all hope and all religion in the aim of carrying out a near-complete eradication of all spirits, including ending the proverbial next life.