The next morning, Annie makes Paul burn his latest manuscript. Annie leaves and Paul tries to escape from his room, but she has locked the door. She reveals that she lied about calling his agent and the authorities nobody knows where he is. However, when Annie discovers that Misery dies at the end of the book she flies into a rage, almost smashing a table on Paul's head. She buys a copy of Paul's latest published book, Misery's Child, giving glowing praise to Paul as she progresses through the book. While feeding him, she is angered and spills soup on him but regains control and apologizes. As a reward for saving him, Paul gives Annie his new manuscript which she saved from the wreckage. Annie claims she is his 'number one fan' and talks a lot about him and his novels. When Paul regains consciousness he finds himself bedridden, with both his legs broken as well as a dislocated shoulder. Paul is rescued by a nurse named Annie Wilkes, who brings him to her remote home. While traveling from Silver Creek, Colorado to his home in New York City, he is caught in a blizzard and his car goes off the road, rendering him unconscious. Wanting to focus on more serious stories, he writes a manuscript for a new unrelated novel. Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a successful series of regency romance novels featuring a character named Misery Chastain.
