This dramatic love story shows how a woman sacrifices all of her career, love, and marriage choices for just one man, who makes her his only secret mistress. The Back Street tells the story of double standards: being left out, being left down, being just a second priority, and not a life priority. Even when she decides to live without him, the successful businessman, with his private principles, lures her back into the relationship with emotional blackmail. She stays in her room and gives up her job to wait for him to give her more false hopes and promises. When he does not spend time with her, she realizes how much she gave up. Still, she believes in him, supports him, and loves him unconditionally. Her biggest compromise and sacrifice are seen in the scene when she finds out about his illness from the newspaper. Later on, when she witnesses his death through the phone call. The last thought, the crucial "what if things were different?" is her last shared living illusion.