River Espinosa

River Espinosa was born the son of Keanu and Whitney Espinosa at Crick Cabana, Willow Creek.
== Upbringing ==
River was born shortly after Keanu and Whitney eloped, in which time Whitney was struggling in her acting career. Keanu and Whitney were often preoccupied in River's early upbringing, and so his half-sister Nadine had to spend a lot of time raising him. Baby River had to watch a huge family fallout when Whitney's scheme regarding Donnie Ali was exposed. Whitney fell pregnant with River's younger sibling but tragically miscarried, before she left Crick Cabana and became homeless. River was left in the care of his grandmother Shari, Keanu and Nadine, but Nadine had to move out due to her conflict with Keanu. River grew up quite quitely from thenon, developing a keen hobby in cooking.
== Whitney's Return and Shari and Keanu's Deaths ==
One day, River accidentally started a fire with the grill, but firefighters such as Royce Dowdy arrived swiftly and put it out. Whitney Rockwell then returned, claiming to have changed from her deceptive ways in the past. River and Whitney reunited, and Shari began to trust Whitney to be a good mother. Tragically, Shari then died of old age. This devestated River and proved too much for Keanu in particularly, causing him to suffer a cardiac explosion and die. River was traumatised to see his grandmother and father pass away so close to each other, but Whitney promised to take their place. Torquil, Nadine and Nicola Espinosa then moved in, as they did not trust Whitney being in sole ownership of Crick Cabana.