As the evening lights came on, the Escalade carrying Martin and Elizabeth pulled up next to a club on Pennsylvania Avenue.
From another car, Ali and Thomas got out together.
Martin followed them into the club.
At the entrance of a reception room, the black-suited men guarding the door were likely Secret Service from the White House.
Ram Emanuel is now the White House Chief of Staff.
Ali opened the door and said to everyone, "Please come in."
Martin and Elizabeth were the last to walk in.
As they passed the door, the Secret Service agent nodded subtly, first patting his chest then covertly making a drinking gesture with his right hand.
Martin knew the signal all too well, as he used a similar motion when drinking cola on the red carpet.
Clearly, this was a member of the Cola Cult.
Martin smiled at him and entered the main reception room.
After the Santa Monica Pier incident, there were already tens of millions of Cola Cult members across America.
