Backyard Freeway by Martin R. Berry is a story of someone being targeted falsely, which takes the person (David) on a different path of life from the secure life he had. On his travels, he meets several different friends, each with their own unique set of rules, and then finally meeting a woman who would change his life completely. Then this woman (Cassandra), who has a child (Gary) and left on her own by someone else than David, is taken care of as if marriage were involved, but David grows into a fatherlike relationship with the boy until Cassandra, whom he lives with, wants more, so she moves on to find her own happiness in the arms of the person she believes is good for her. David and Cassandra stay lifelong friends throughout all these escapades. Finally, Cassandra moves in with the man of her dreams, and David moves back to the city to carry on with his life.