-3(-9) - |-5 - 3|

Do the -5 - 3 first, get -8, so replace the -5 - 3 by -8:

-3(-9) - |-8|

get |-8| next which is 8, so replace the |-8| by 8

-3(-9) - 8

get -3(-9), which is 27, so replace the -3(-9) by 27

27 - 8

19

Edwin