the boy who had claimed to be going to his aunt , helen vaughan , in the town of buckeye lake ; the boy who had turned to buddy when buddy had asked him if he was running away and had in that turning , revealed a face filled with honest goodness and an unexpected , amazing beauty - a beauty that had made buddy think of rainbows glimpsed at the end of storms , and sunsets at the end of days that have groaned and sweated with work that has been well done and not scamped .