Bernard's stinginess was legendary—but not with himself, but toward others.
If he could make money off someone else, he would squeeze them for as much money as possible.
If he had to pay for something—esepcially for no good reason? Dream on!
In fact, he was suddenly donating the Maldivian military 50 million USD because Tanya was livestreaming, and he was just riding the bandwagon for a glorious moment of PR goodwill.
He limped along with his lame leg to the general, his blood dried and cake